The campus came at a steep cost: the destruction of a working-class, largely Latino community and the displacement of hundreds of Colorado families
The neighborhood along with much of Denver’s Westside suffered from redlining during the 1930s, Levinsky said.
Families were told they had to go. Thirty-six square blocks of the Westside neighborhood were demolished beginning in 1972.Displaced Aurarians pose for a photo along Ninth Street on the Auraria Campus in Denver on Aug. 30, 1987. Organizers were planning a reunion to be held on the Auraria Campus.The buildings may be gone, but the memories couldn’t be pulverized. Dawn DiPrince wants to make sure they stay pristine.
Elders and their children sat around tables in the former church many were baptized in, etching their bedrooms and neighborhood blocks while trading breathless stories of their youth. Days after the workshop, Lozano returned to 1033 Ninth St., home to MSU Denver’s Honors Program — and, decades ago, Lozano’s grandparents. His childhood house across the street was among those demolished. A campus bike rack stands in its place.St. Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church
Lozano was 8 years old when his family was forcibly moved from their Denver Westside home, but the neighborhood is so important to him that he visits what’s left of it a few times a year. “I’d probably still be here if they didn’t make us move,” Lozano said. “I wish they hadn’t. This was our home.”
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