Denver CO Homes for Sale

Denver CO homes for sale may not be the first place people think of when it comes to culture, but culture has a strong place in the city.

The Denver Performing Arts Complex is actually the second largest performing arts center in the nation. Only the Lincoln Center in New York is larger. The behemoth complex exists on a foursquare block area and has eight theaters with seating for 10,800.

The entrance is a glass arch stretching an entire city block and is known for its unique and powerful striking architecture. The entrance leads to a several notable theaters in the center, including the Boettcher Concert Hall, the first in-the-round symphony hall in the nation, the Denver Center Theater Company, and the Temple Buell Theater.

This complex is the seventh best market in North America, according to the League of American Theatres and Producers in New York.

In fact the city was holding sold out performances of Macbeth in the 1870s before the city had a school or a hospital.

All this culture is no surprise when one considers that the Denver, CO is the most educated city in the nation. The city boasts a population that has 35 percent with a bachelor’s degree and 92.1 percent with a high school degree. No other city has numbers those high. The national averages have 23 percent with a bachelor’s degree and 81.7 percent with high school degrees.

The school system has come a long way from the log cabin that opened in 1859. Denver Public Schools serves 73,000 students in 73 elementary schools, 15 K-8 schools, 17 middle schools, 14 high schools, and 19 charter schools.

The college scene has had a similar explosion with three large public universities and several smaller institutions specializing in everything form art to technology. Auraria, which was once a mining settlement across from the humble beginnings of Denver, serves as a large campus center to keep those numbers where they are and even improve them. The campus center serves 30,000 students who attend three universities.

Museums exist in this city like any other major metropolis. The standards are in Denver, with the Denver Art Museum and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, but museums that speak to the particular history exist too.

The Colorado History Museum traces the early years of settlement by Manifest Destiny and even further into the past before Columbus found his way to the Americas. Tiny Town offers a replication of the “Old West.” The Coors Brewery offers a free tour of the largest single brewery in the world.

Denver CO homes for sale has more to offer to homebuyers than a terrific view of the Rockies, Denver is abound with culture and education.