Hilltop, Denver
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Hilltop is a neighborhood of Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

. According to the Piton Foundation, in 2007, the population of the neighborhood was 8,623; in 2000, the average household income was $117,835, and there were 3,724 housing units.

Boundaries

The neighborhood is bordered on the west by Colorado Boulevard
Colorado State Highway 2
State Highway 2 is a state highway of the U.S. state of Colorado. It runs for approximately north–south entirely within the urbanized environment of the Denver Metropolitan Area. It is one of the major north–south thoroughfares of east Denver, where it is known as Colorado Boulevard.-Route...

, on the north by Severn Ave. and on the south by East Alameda Avenue. The Eastern border is uneven, but includes Monaco Parkway at the northeast corner of the neighborhood and then zigzags south and west to the west of Crestmoor Park. Part of the Southern border shares a boundary with the City of Glendale
Glendale, Colorado
The city of Glendale is a Home Rule Municipality located in an exclave of Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. The population was 4,547 at the 2000 census. The entire city is surrounded on all sides by the City and County of Denver. Therefore, as a municipal entity, it is also an enclave...

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Landmarks

The Hilltop neighborhood gets it name from the fact that it is higher in elevation than the surrounding parts of the city. In the center of the neighborhood is Cranmer Park
Cranmer Park
Cranmer Park is a Denver city park located in the Hilltop neighborhood off of Colorado Boulevard between East 1st and East 3rd Avenue. It is most famous for a large astronomical sculpture called a sundial, which does double duty as a climbing appliance for children.An inscription at the base...

, with a view of the Front Range mountains. The Graland Country Day School
Graland
Graland Country Day School, or simply "Graland," is an independent, co-educational day school in Denver, Colorado for grades K-8 .-History:...

, an independent, co-educational day school for grades K-9 is located in the neighborhood, as is Temple Emanuel
Temple Emanuel (Grape Street, Denver, Colorado)
Temple Emanuel on Grape Street in Denver, Colorado is a building that was built in 1956. The temple is also called Congregation Emanuel and identified as 5DV8272. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003...

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Character

Hilltop is one of Denver's wealthiest neighborhoods. It was developed in the 1940s and 1950s, but now many of the original houses are being replaced with larger homes on the medium-sized lots.
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