Denver Redlining Map, 1938
LHP_Intern2020-09-10T00:22:54+00:00Redlining map of Denver from 1938
Neighborhoods are ranked from most to least desirable, assigned grades A, B, C, D, and color coded green, blue, yellow, red (respectively)
08-15-1938
Development of Auraria Campus in Downtown, 1969
LHP_Intern2020-08-30T02:27:29+00:00“Auraria Questioned” by Virginia Lucero, article explores Mexican American student opinion on the development of the Auraria campus in downtown, impact on West Side communities 10-27-1969
“New Campus Downtown?” 1969
LHP_Intern2020-08-30T02:27:28+00:00“New Campus Downtown” article by Milt T., discusses local election that decides urban development plans for downtown, including new Auraria campus, 11-6-1969
“Auraria Directors Face up to Issues” 1974
LHP_Intern2020-08-30T02:27:26+00:00“Auraria Directors Face up to Issues” article discusses impact on Chicano community of Auraria campus development, 10-16-1974
“Citywide Gentrification Conversation Launches new Collective” 2018
LHP_Intern2020-08-30T02:27:25+00:00“Citywide Gentrification Conversation Launches new Collective” artcile by Danielle Krolewicz discusses displacement, impact of gentrification on Denver’s lower income and minority populations 03-01-2018
Westside Neighborhood Plan, 1982
LHP_Intern2020-09-09T21:27:15+00:00Neighborhood plan for Westside development, with focus on residential needs, education, and environment, 1982
To read the full neighborhood plan, visit https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll6/id/884
“Growing Food Justice” 2014
LHP_Intern2020-09-09T21:34:06+00:00Article on urban development and urban food deserts, Elyria Swansea neighborhood, 03-01-2014
“Supermarket nears Reality” 1971
LHP_Intern2020-08-30T02:27:19+00:00Article on the difficulties of obtaining affordable food in Westside neighborhoods and the benefits of urban development plans, 04-01-1971
“The Changing Face of East Colfax” c. 2014
LHP_Intern2020-09-09T21:36:19+00:00Article on the tensions of development in Denver neighborhood with substantial minority and immigrant populations, 12-01-2014
Westside kids help clear land for park development, 1972
LHP_Intern2020-08-30T02:27:17+00:00Picture of a group of young Westsiders helping to clear land at 7th and Santa Fe (Lincoln Park neighborhood) to develop a park, 11-01-1972
“West Colfax on the rise” 1987
LHP_Intern2020-08-30T02:27:15+00:00Poster by the Denver Planning Office showing a map of the West Colfax neighborhood against a downtown silhouette, 1987
“Ditch the Ditch” sign against I-70 Expansion, 2019
LHP_Intern2020-08-30T02:27:14+00:00Poster in English and Spanish protesting the expansion of I-70 through Globeville and Elyria-Swansea, displacing many vulnerable populations, 2016-2019
“Coalition Presents Slate of Candidates to Planning Board”
LHP_Intern2020-08-30T02:27:13+00:00Article on efforts to get more ordinary West Side citizens on the Denver Planning Board to represent neighborhood interests, 07-01-1970
“Quigg Newton struggles to become a community”
LHP_Intern2020-09-09T21:39:14+00:00Article detailing the lack of amenities, food desert, and problems in Sunnyside neighborhood, 12-04-1974
West Side Coalition meeting discusses urban development issues
LHP_Intern2020-08-30T02:23:48+00:00West Side Coalition meeting, composed of many Mexican Americans, discusses West Denver development and city planning, which is being left out of current city plans. c. 1973
“Vote for Auraria” ad
LHP_Intern2020-08-30T02:21:34+00:00large newspaper ad urging citizens to vote for the Auraria campus proposal, 10-01-1969
“Auraria campus bad for West Side”
LHP_Intern2020-08-30T02:21:33+00:00“Auraria Campus bad for West Side” article argues that the new campus will disrupt community life, displace low income residents, and might not help Chicano community access higher education etc; 10-01-1969
West Side Coalition community planning
LHP_Intern2020-08-30T02:21:31+00:00article by Waldo Benavidez on the new “Coalition for the Betterment of teh Westside” and its plans for urban and community development, 01-01-1970