Lincoln Park and La Alma
The Santa Fe Arts District's home neighborhood, Victorian cottages, and a cultural history worth knowing.
Pricing trends
La Alma/Lincoln Park prices below Baker and the Golden Triangle for comparable homes, and renovated Victorian cottages here are among the more attainable detached homes within walking distance of downtown. New townhomes near Santa Fe set the top of the neighborhood.
| Denver, August 2026 | Median price | Homes sold | Days on market | Active listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single Family | $635,000−5.6% vs August 2025 | 483 | 38average days | 1,874 |
| Townhome / condo | $360,000−10.0% vs August 2025 | 213 | 65average days | 2,002 |
Citywide figures for Denver. Source: Local Market Update, August 2026, REcolorado data compiled by the Colorado Association of REALTORS®. Neighborhood-level figures vary; ask me for comparables on any specific home. See all area tables.
About La Alma
La Alma/Lincoln Park is one of Denver's oldest neighborhoods, the heart of the city's Chicano movement in the 1960s and 1970s and today the home of the Santa Fe Arts District's galleries, murals and First Friday walks. It sits just southwest of downtown between the creek and the river, with Victorian cottages on its side streets and new apartment and townhome construction along its edges. Denver designated it a historic cultural district in 2021.
Location
The neighborhood runs from Speer Boulevard and Colfax Avenue south to 6th Avenue and from the South Platte River east to Kalamath Street, with the Auraria campus to the north, Baker to the south and the Golden Triangle across Speer. The 10th and Osage station on the D and E lines is on its western edge; downtown is a fifteen-minute walk.
History and background
Where it sits. Lincoln Park, officially La Alma Lincoln Park, is an inner Denver neighborhood on the near southwest side of downtown, near the old Burnham Yards rail facility.
Denver bought this land in 1885 and named it Lincoln Park by 1890. It grew as a working-class immigrant community near the Burnham Yards railroad facility.
In 1942 the Braceros program brought Mexican laborers, and by the middle of the century more than 80 percent of residents were Spanish-speaking or had Spanish surnames.
During the Chicano movement, residents pushed back on the name the city had chosen and called it La Alma. A recreation center took the name in 1971 and artist Emanuel Martinez painted his mural in 1978. The city officially renamed it La Alma Lincoln Park in 2013, and in 2021 it became Denver's first historic cultural district honoring the Chicano movement.
Why people like it. People like La Alma Lincoln Park for its historic cultural district, the mural and recreation center tied to Chicano movement history, and its location close to downtown.
Fun fact. The name La Alma is grammatically 'wrong' in Spanish since alma, though feminine, takes the article 'el' in the singular, yet the community deliberately kept it.
Sources and caveats for this history
Housing and architecture
The side streets hold 1880s to 1910s brick Victorian cottages and small Denver Squares on narrow lots, alongside the Lincoln Park and Mariposa public housing redevelopment near the station. New townhomes and mid-rise apartments have filled the blocks along Santa Fe Drive and Osage Street since the 2010s. Buyers find both original cottages in need of work and fully renovated homes.
Parks and recreation
Lincoln Park, with its pool and the La Alma Recreation Center, is the neighborhood's center. The Cherry Creek and Platte River trails meet at Confluence Park a short ride north, and Sunken Gardens Park sits across Speer at West High School.
Dining, shopping and daily life
Santa Fe Drive's gallery row, the Museo de las Americas, the Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center and a string of restaurants and bars make up the Art District on Santa Fe, busiest on First Fridays. Baker's South Broadway is a short walk, and the nearest groceries are the King Soopers on Speer or the Safeway on Alameda.
Nearby
Other nearby communities
Southwest Denver Baker and the Santa Fe Arts District Denver's largest collection of middle-class Queen Annes, a mile from the Capitol, with South Broadway at the door. 
Downtown Denver Golden Triangle and Civic Center The museum district: condominiums and townhomes wedged between the Capitol, the art museum and Speer. 
Southwest Denver Athmar Park and Ruby Hill Brick ranches along the river, the Ruby Hill sledding hill and bike park, and the Levitt Pavilion's free concerts. 
Southwest Denver College View and South Platte Small homes on large lots along the river's west bank, where Denver meets Englewood and Sheridan. 
Southwest Denver Fort Logan The old Army post, the national cemetery, and the 1960s and 1970s neighborhoods built around them. 
Southwest Denver Harvey Park and Bear Valley Mid-century modern ranches, two lakes and Bear Creek's trail in Denver's far southwest. Let’s talk about La Alma
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Geoffry Kaatz
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Denver, CO 80206