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“I will watch it like a hawk:” Restored Ninth Street home to honor displaced Aurarians unveiled by CU Denver

Restoration will continue at one of the homes across the street, 1061 Ninth St.

University of Colorado Denver Regent Nolbert ...
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. 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. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Elizabeth Hernandez in Denver on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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One day in November, University of Colorado Regent Nolbert Chavez walked from his office to the Centennial House at 1050 Ninth St. on Denver’s Auraria Campus, arriving to find a hawk lying dead on the front porch steps.
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