Part 2 of the Auraria Campus History! In this episode we find out the results of the previous redlining efforts. The city of Denver uses the flood of 1965 as an excuse to write off the entire neighborhood and despite the valiant effort by residents, the neighborhood is demolished and replaced with the Tri-Campus space that it is today.
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Theme song is by Chris Nugen, and features Glenn Ross
Resources:
https://skylineandauraria.wordpress.com/2017/02/28/a-decolonized-history-of-auraria-campus/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_T._Castro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbusting
https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/auraria-west-denver
https://www.denverpost.com/2005/06/15/the-fury-and-the-fears/
https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/casa-mayan
https://www.westword.com/news/auraria-denver-campus-ninth-street-historic-park-casa-mayan-14619712
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auraria_Campus#Historic_sites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoli_Brewery_Company_(building)
https://history.denverlibrary.org/neighborhood-history-guide/auraria-neighborhood-history
