Hip South Broadway Throughout the Years

South Broadway in Denver is a hotspot for bars, restaurants, and shops. Click through these photos to see the evolution of one of Denver's hippest stretches.

View of a two story brick retail building at 21 South Broadway Street in the Baker Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Features include ceramic trim, storefront windows, and a metal and neon sign: "Office Furniture."

Exterior view of the Broadway Department Store Co. at South Broadway and Archer Place in Denver, Colorado; sign reads: "Hi Mr. Tourist! Ask Questions Here"; washtubs in window display.

Rooftop view of Broadway at 1st (First) Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Automobiles and streetcars are on the street. Signs on buildings read: "[W]illiams Stores Stetson Hat," "Walco's Sport Spot," "Prescriptions," "Taylors," "Bernard's Proven Better Buys Men's & Boy's WEar," "Vogue Portraits," "The Skylark," "Rex Market," "Friends Electrical Appliances," "Ervington Floral Shop," "Acme Liquor Store," "Falby Paint Glass Hardware," "Crown Furniture," "Murphy Fine Food," and "Miller's."

View of Abbey Rents at 350 Broadway in the Baker neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Signs on the one-story brick building read: "Abbey Rents & Sells Party & Sickroom Supplies Oxygen 24 Hour Service" and "Everything for the Party Folding Chairs Table China Glassware Silverware Hollowware."

View of a building (formerly the Ball Park bathhouse) at 101 South Broadway Street (at West Bayaud Avenue) in the Speer Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick building has mission style pediments, corner turrets, and shingle pent roofs. Movie theater signs and marquee read: "Kitty's South," and "Matties."

View of storefronts at 30-32 South Broadway Street in the Speer Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick and stone buildings have tile or stone cladding. Signs read: "Foot Clinic," "Sandwich Shoppe," and "Law Building."

View of the Other Door Lounge, a gay bar at 15 Broadway in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The one story commercial style building has a stucco exterior with one window. The bar is next door to the Bookcase bookstore. The building was built around 1920.

View of businesses at 12 Broadway Street in the Baker Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Brick and stucco buildings have awnings and signs: "Snowbird Designer Sportswear," and "Fair Exchange." Sedan automobiles are parked on the street.

View of the Shamrock Bar at 54 South Broadway in the Speer neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This one story brick commercial style building has modified windows and a recessed entry way. The brick has been painted beige with green shamrocks, a lighted sign above the door is decorated with a shamrock and a champagne glass and reads: "Shamrock Bar." The Red Wing Shoe Store is on the south side of the building and a construction site is to the north. The structure was built in 1907.

View of the Shanty Bar at 151 South Broadway in the Baker neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The modified residential structure has a gabled roof with a dormer window. There is a covered entrance and a large vertical electric neon sign that reads: "Shanty Bar." Graffiti marked on sign on the side of the building reads "Barb Menudo." The structure was built around 1900.

View of South Broadway at Alameda Avenue in Denver, Colorado. A man walks on the dirt road. A house is in the distance.

View of Broadway at Ellsworth Avenue after a heavy snowfall in Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians and a horse-drawn buggy are on the street. Signs read: "Hotel" and "No[?]th Drug Co".

View of the intersection of 1st (First) Avenue and Broadway Street in Denver, Colorado; shows the 1st Avenue Hotel, the Citizens Exchange Bank, parked automobiles, a Denver Tramway Corporation street car, and tracks.

View of a candy store at 7 (Seven) Broadway Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows a storefront with tile, lace curtains, and sign: "Mrs. Stover's Bungalow Candies Fresh Every Day."

View of the Mayan Theater at 110 Broadway in the Speer neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The four-story building has an ornate theater facade and a marquee that reads: "Bebe Daniels, 'My Past' and Ben Lyon Lewis Stone Comedy 'His Error' 'Novelty' Paramount News."

An engineer and conductor pose on a trolley car, identified as part of the South Broadway Cable Line, in Denver, Colorado. Lettering on the open-air trolley car reads: "Broadway."