On New Year’s Day, 2009, the historic Boulder landmark, The Boulderado Hotel, will celebrate its one hundredth birthday.  Anyone who has visited or lived in Boulder knows the place well, as it’s been the center of things since Boulder’s birth. It’s situated in downtown Boulder, where the Pearl Street Mall and other attractions have grown up around it. (See a map of Pearl Street.)

All Around the Boulderado: Boulder Neighborhoods

Some of Boulder’s top real estate listings are located around the Boulderado grounds. Proximity to stores, boutiques, restaurants, parks and other amenities is what makes the Boulder downtown area so desirable, in addition to home size and style, mountain views and overall ambiance.  Longtime residents and home shoppers alike attest to that special something that central Boulder has. Here’s a list of some of its historic and newer neighborhoods:

Boulder’s Mapleton Hill Neighborhood–Mapleton Park and Mapleton Hill are two sub-neighborhoods in the Mapleton area that boast gorgeous, large historic homes close to the mountains. Residents here can easily “take a hike,” either to the Pearl Street Mall and downtown, or into the nature trails just up Mapleton, where there’s lots of open space and foothill hiking trails.

Boulder’s Sunset Hill Neighborhood–One of Boulder’s first much-hyped neighborhoods, Sunset Hill is, as advertised, up above the city and features spectacular views both of town and the flatirons.

Boulder OT East West North Neighborhood–Old Victorian homes between the Boulder High area and Boulder Community Hospital.

Midtown Pearl Street (Blackstone Lofts)–New-new lofty living in mixed-use buildings in the up and coming east Pearl area.

Boulder East (Luxury townhomes)–The east end of Pearl is growing and thriving, and along with that activity, people are finding themselves living and working there. Thus the large and luxe accomodations of the Boulder East condos.  These units are scheduled for completion in 2009.

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