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 PDF Here
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