Draft:Middle Shooks Run


The Middle Shooks Run neighborhood is located in the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. The neighborhood's boundaries are Uintah Street to the north, Hancock Avenue to the east, Pikes Peak Avenue to the south, and Wahsatch Avenue to the west. Adjacent to the east side of downtown Colorado Springs, the neighborhood is bisected by the middle section of Shooks Run (creek) and Shooks Run Trail running north to south through the neighborhood.[1]

View of Pikes Peak from Middle Shooks Run

Middle Shooks Run is home to several notable locations, businesses, and organizations that have become staples of the local community. UCHealth Memorial Hospital is noted as being one of the busiest hospitals in Colorado Springs,[2] while the Mid Shooks Run Community Garden has become a popular staple of MSR and the surrounding area.[3] Several historical properties such as the Fannie Mae Duncan House, the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind, and the People's Methodist Episcopal Church all lie within its boundaries. Adding to the historical ambiance of the neighborhood is the fact many houses in Middle Shooks Run are over 100 years old.[4]

  1. ^ "Shooks Run Trail". TOSC. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  2. ^ Jaynes, Eli; Taylor ·, Will (2022-06-15). "Colorado Springs wants to change Platte Avenue into a one-way street. Local residents are pushing back". Colorado Public Radio. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  3. ^ debbie.kelley@gazette.com, DEBBIE KELLEY (2018-03-29). "Ready, set, plant: Organization, volunteers build new Colorado Springs community garden in a few hours". Colorado Springs Gazette. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  4. ^ Lewis ·, Shanna (2022-12-22). "New zoning codes may promote more housing in Colorado Springs, some fear it'll affect historic neighborhoods". Colorado Public Radio. Retrieved 2024-06-18.

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