The April-June 2002 issue of the WWPNA newsletter indicated that a committee was being organized to discuss historic designation for the neighborhod. While the plans were abandoned, it's important to recognize that this is a recurrent theme in WWPNA history.

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Historic Designation

All across central Denver, neighbors are meeting with neighbors to determine how they can have a voice in the way their neighborhoods will look in the future. The challenge is balancing the need for larger single family homes with the desire for residents to maintain the existing character of their block. Our neighbors to the north and west, Alamo Placita and Baker, have already been designated landmark districts while East Wash Park and Country club are currently working on it. Landmark district designation basically stops scrape-offs and provides for design review for additions and pop-tops to blend in with the existing character of the block. Review of additions that cannot be seen from the street is far less restrictive and yes, you can paint your house purple if you want.

A neighborhood committee has been exploring the feasibility of this and other options that include a zoning overlay district that could include design or open space guidelines, down zoning portions of the neighborhood from R-3 to R-2, listing on the national and/or state register as a historic district(s) and finally, implementation of planning tools established by Blueprint Denver, the proposed citywide land use and transportation plan.