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“The history of Denver’s northside”: Why La Raza Park will be the city’s next historic cultural district

Park in northwest Denver was a staging ground for the Chicano movement, site of one of the city’s first playgrounds

Denver City Councilwoman Amanda Sandoval and Nita Gonzales, daughter of Denver Chicano movement leader Rudolpho "Corky” Gonzales, pose for a portrait at La Raza Park in Denver on Thursday, June 22, 2023. Denver's council is set to vote Monday on whether to make the park a historic cultural district. If the measure passes, it would become the city's third. (Photo by Grace Smith/The Denver Post)
Denver City Councilwoman Amanda Sandoval and Nita Gonzales, daughter of Denver Chicano movement leader Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales, pose for a portrait at La Raza Park in Denver on Thursday, June 22, 2023. Denver’s council is set to vote Monday on whether to make the park a historic cultural district. If the measure passes, it would become the city’s third. (Photo by Grace Smith/The Denver Post)
Joe Rubino - Staff portraits in The Denver Post studio on October 6, 2022. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | jrubino@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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La Raza Park has made an outsized imprint on Denver especially when it came to Chicano culture in the city. And now it is set to become a permanently protected part of history by being named the city's third historic cultural district.
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