“History Colorado will soon set out on a preservation road trip across the state to explore and investigate Green Book sites thanks to a national grant. These places were businesses that would serve Black travelers when segregation was legal. History Colorado’s State Historic Preservation Office was awarded an almost $75,000 grant by the National … [Read more…]
“here’s a forgotten and dark history as to how the Five Points neighborhood in Denver was formed. It was called redlining. Starting in the 1930’s the Federal Housing Administration drew up maps of major metropolitan areas around the country including Denver. Entire neighborhoods of color were marked in red. The maps and policies encouraged … [Read more…]
“There was a time—still in memory for some people living in Denver—when housing policies and practices weren’t pushing people of color out of Five Points, but hemming them in. In the 1940s, Denver faced a housing crisis. Veterans returning from World War II elbowed for space, and rents skyrocketed. Like today’s housing shortage, this … [Read more…]
“Developed by the University of Richmond’s Digital Scholarship Lab and released in December 2017, Renewing Inequality is an interactive, online project that maps the demographic profiles and footprints of thousands of urban renewal projects between 1950 and 1966. Using such resources as the federal government’s Urban Renewal Project Characteristics, Renewing Inequality reveals the sweeping … [Read more…]
“For Anthony Mitchell, the Fourth Quarter Residences were a godsend, a low-rent haven for homeless and disabled veterans at a time when he and his wife were living in their car. Now, more than three years after residents began moving into the 36-unit complex, he and others describe a building where security is so lax … [Read more…]