The home is one of few left standing after a vibrant, largely Latino neighborhood was demolished by the city to build the Auraria campus in the early 1970s.
University of Colorado Denver Regent Nolbert Chavez, right, and Rita Gomez talk after a ceremony to bless the house where Gomez lived growing up, a part of Denver’s oldest neighborhood which is located in what is now the Auraria Campus, and mark the beginning of its renovations on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, in Denver. When the campus was built, the working-class, mostly Latino families that lived there were displaced.
Other houses are reflected in the window of a house in Denver’s oldest neighborhood, which is located in what is now the Auraria Campus on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022 in Denver. When the campus was built, the working-class, mostly Latino families that lived there were displaced. The University of Colorado Denver, a part of the campus, plans to make the home into a gathering space for displaced Aurarians and their families.
University of Colorado Denver Chancellor Michelle Marks speaks as Rita Gomez, center right, listens alongside family members Jenny Estrada and Kimberlee Sandoval Gomez, curandero Christina Sigala, and CU Denver Regent Nolbert Chavez, in the back, during a ceremony to bless the house Rita Gomez partially grew up, a part of Denver’s oldest neighborhood which is located in what is now the Auraria Campus, and mark the beginning of its renovations on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2022 in Denver.
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