Before the Houses: Farms North of Town A hundred years ago, the land along North Broadway was farmland. According to a local history by About Boulder County, the site of today's North Boulder Shopping Center was once the fruit farm of Joseph and Eliza Wolff. Farther north on Broadway there was a seed company, a ranch, …

Goose Creek Path: Following North Boulder's Hidden Waterway The trailhead at East Mapleton Park and Ball Fields, 2838 Mapleton Avenue looks like an unremarkable park entrance off a residential street — but step onto the path and you're at the western terminus of one of Boulder's most practical car-free corridors: the …

Wonderland Lake: The Reservoir That Became a Wildlife Sanctuary Standing on the earthen dam at the south end of Wonderland Lake on a clear morning, you are looking at the northern geographic anchor of the 80304 zip code — a shallow foothills reservoir that began as an irrigation impoundment in the early twentieth …

A Tour de France Kitchen, Relocated to Alpine Avenue Allen Lim earned his doctorate in the Department of Integrative Physiology at the University of Colorado Boulder, graduating in 2004, and went on to work on the pro cycling tour as a sport scientist and coach for the Phonak, Garmin, and Radio Shack teams. There he …

North Boulder Is Not a Smaller Downtown In 1985 the Daily Camera called the stretch of North Broadway from Iris Avenue to U.S. 36 "Boulder's last frontier." Reporter Kurt Chandler described it as "a realm of contrasts and contradictions — intimate yet secretive, often coarse, sometimes refined, and never predictable." …

Moe's Bagel: A NoBo Breakfast Institution on Broadway Moe's Broadway Bagel has been a fixture of North Boulder's morning routine since 1992, turning out hand-rolled, kettle-boiled bagels at 2650 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80304 in the tradition of a classic New York deli counter. John and Patty Sherman founded the shop …

Audrey Jane's Pizza Garage: Naturally Leavened Pies in the Heart of NoBo Audrey Jane's Pizza Garage is a family-owned Boulder pizza shop operating out of 2675 13th St, Boulder, CO 80304. The shop earned national attention when it was featured on Food Network's Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, and the recognition was …

Nomad Playhouse: A 1952 Theater Still Serving the NoBo Arts Community Nomad Playhouse is one of North Boulder's oldest performing arts venues, a community theater space at 1410 Quince Ave, Boulder, CO 80304 that has been part of the neighborhood's cultural fabric since 1952. The original Nomad Players incorporated in …

Longs Gardens: A Century of Iris on Broadway Few places in Boulder carry more quiet history than Longs Gardens. Founded in 1905 by J.D. Long, it is a third-generation, family-owned and operated iris farm, today run by his granddaughter Catherine Long Gates and her husband. It sits at 3240 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80304, a …

Shine: Thoughtful Pet Supply for the Health-Conscious NoBo Household SHINE Pet Food Co. is a pet food company with its own shop at 2795 Iris Ave, Boulder, CO 80304, tucked into the Willow Springs Shopping Center on the Iris Ave corridor. It sits alongside the neighborhood businesses that make this stretch of North …