About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to the hospital’s loading dock and noticed something unusual in one of the shopping carts parked nearby—a small, handwritten sign reading ‘Free Stickers.’ Curious, he approached the cart only to discover an entire box filled with colorful stickers, each featuring a different character from popular children’s shows. As he picked up a few stickers for his own kids, another delivery driver arrived, seeing the same sign. They exchanged smiles, and soon enough, they were both rummaging through the cart together. It turned out that someone had accidentally left their personal stash there—an innocent prank that brought two strangers closer.
2. One night, an exhausted nurse whispered to her colleague, ‘I swear I just saw a patient walking down the hallway with a lollipop in one hand and a balloon in the other.’ Her friend shook her head and replied, ‘Impossible—there are no patients here after hours.’ Suddenly, another voice chimed in from behind them: 'Excuse me, but I'm lost—is this the way to the candy shop?' The nurses turned around to see a little boy, grinning widely, holding his balloon and lollipop. They laughed and pointed him towards the children's playroom, where indeed there was a miniature candy shop.
3. One day, a regular patient's parent asked the receptionist, 'Why does it take so long for my child to get called?' The receptionist replied, 'Well, you see, our waiting room is like a never-ending game of telephone...' Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, the kid was called. As they were leaving, the parent turned back and whispered to the receptionist, ‘Is that why your patients always leave smiling?’ To which she replied with a knowing smile, ‘Absolutely—we’ve mastered the art of keeping them entertained until their time comes!’
4. One afternoon, a little boy visiting the playground area outside Children's Hospital Colorado KidStreet pointed excitedly at something on the ground. ‘Mom, look!’ he said, ‘It looks like a dinosaur footprint!’ His mother laughed gently but glanced down curiously too—only to see what appeared to be tiny footprints leading right into the bushes. As they followed the prints deeper into the bushes, another child chimed in, pointing towards a nearby tree: 'And Mom, I think that’s a triceratops horn!' Just then, an elderly volunteer emerged from behind the trees and smiled warmheartedly, saying, 'Oh, those are just our special wayfinding markers for kids.' Everyone burst out laughing—and realized it had been quite an imaginative adventure after all.