Skunk odor in Washington Park and the neighborhoods nearby
The neighborhoods near Washington Park were built in different eras and in different ways, from Victorian cottages and Denver Squares to curving 1930s streets and postwar brick ranches. Those differences change where skunks den, where spray lands, and how the odor moves indoors. These pages look at each one in turn.
- Skunk odor in the Washington Park neighborhood
Washington Park mixes original bungalows and Denver Squares with large new homes built where older ones were scraped. Skunks treat both differently, and so does the odor once it gets inside.
- Skunk odor in West Washington Park
West Washington Park is denser than the blocks east of the park, with older cottages, Denver Squares, duplexes and small apartment buildings close together. That density changes how skunk odor spreads and who has to act.
- Skunk odor in Platt Park
Platt Park's housing leans toward small older cottages and bungalows on narrow lots, with a busy commercial street running through. Those features shape where skunks den and how odor reaches the house.
- Skunk odor in Bonnie Brae
Bonnie Brae's curving streets hold Tudor-style cottages and brick homes from the late 1920s through the postwar years, many with deep landscaped yards. That landscaping is both its charm and the reason skunks are at home here.
- Skunk odor in Belcaro
Belcaro has larger homes on larger lots than most neighborhoods near Washington Park, many from the mid-twentieth century and many extensively remodeled. More yard, more structures and more complex mechanical systems change how skunk odor is found and treated.
- Skunk odor in Cory-Merrill
Cory-Merrill is largely a neighborhood of postwar brick ranch houses with basements, increasingly mixed with large new homes. The ranch layout puts bedrooms, stoops and window wells all on one level, close to the ground.
- Skunk odor in Speer
Speer stretches along Speer Boulevard and Cherry Creek, with older apartment buildings, condos and houses close together. The creek corridor brings wildlife through, and garden-level units put residents right at skunk height.