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://www.msudenver.edu/

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Denver#:~:text=This%20was%20the%20first%20settlement,it%20was%20slow%20to%20develop.