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If you’re home shopping, home selling, or just getting familiar with the Denver real estate market, you might want to check into where the top Denver listings are, which includes top Denver subdivisions (such as Cherry Creek and Park Hill), top Denver single-family home neighborhoods (such as Hilltop and Washington Park), top Denver zip codes, and today’s focus: top Denver streets.  These are today’s top Denver streets:

• Garfield
• Lincoln
• Monroe
• Monaco
• Grant
• Madison
• Lafayette
• Downing

You’ll find some of the best of the more than 7,000 Denver homes for sale here.  And here are some tips about what you can find at other Denver street locations.

Where the eats are:
Arapahoe, Wynkoop, Larimer and 16th Street are homes to some of Denver best and most boisterous downtown restaurants.

Where the shows are:
Ogden, Broadway, Fillmore, and Colfax are the little centers of music and arts venues where some of today’s best acts can be seen.

Where the parks are:
Washington (Wash Park), Bellaire Street (Cranmer Park), Franklin Street (Cheeseman Park) Colorado Blvd (City Park), and Saint Paul (Congress Park).

Where the schools are:
Of course, there are lots of them.  But these particular ones were featured in 5280 Magazines “best schools in Denver” edition for 2008.

• Denver School of Science Technology on Valentia Street
• Denver School of the Arts on Montview Blvd.
• Colorado Academy on South Pierce Street
• Bruce Randolph School on Steele Street
• Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning on South Holly Street
• Wyatt-Edison on Franklin Street
• PS1 Charter School on Delaware Street

Often mixed in with other Denver neighborhoods for its proximity to Crestmoor, Mayfair, Montclair, Cherry Creek, and Bellvue,  Hilltop is in the mix of old and new business and lifestyle developments in Denver. There’s no doubt about it, Hilltop is historical. Near Cranmer Park, where the dog-walkers, strollers and pee-wee soccer leagues roam, and over near Graland Country Day School (founded in 1924), Hilltop is one of Denver’s most regaled historic neighborhoods.

What’s There
Near Hilltop is some of Denver’s most renowned restaurants, and is a long-time companion to the arts and culture scene. Today, the face of Hilltop is, like most other places, changing a little.  While many small homes have been razed and rebuilt, or enlarged to accommodate today’s tastes, most of the historical flavor and architecture remains. A few lots are being consumed almost in their entirety by gigantic homes, but the number of these corner-to-corner builds are pretty limited. George Cranmer’s residence, the mayoral home (also known as Cableland), the modern splendor of the Shangi-La mansion, and other nameless, yet spectacular homes.

What’s Nearby
The area is also home to established community landmarks such as Temple Emanuel, Assumption Greek Orthodox, and Epiphany Episcopal.  And because Hilltop is in the center of it all, the neighborhood is within an hour of destinations such as DIA, Boulder, and Colorado Springs.

Who’s There
For now, Hilltop is a mature neighborhood consisting mostly of single residents without children. In fact, the majority of married couples living there are childless ones as well. What turn the neighborhood will take due to these kinds of demographic turns is likely unfolding now too.