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Denver tore down their homes to build the Auraria Campus. Now they finally get a say in what’s left of their neighborhood.

Displaced Aurarians will hold majority of seats on committee overseeing new historic corridor

The Ninth Historic Park in Denver on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. The Ninth Street Historic Park, a block on the Auraria Campus featuring some of the neighborhood’s original homes, is all that remains of the working class, Latino neighborhood whose residents were displaced in the 1970s. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
The Ninth Historic Park in Denver on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. The Ninth Street Historic Park, a block on the Auraria Campus featuring some of the neighborhood’s original homes, is all that remains of the working class, Latino neighborhood whose residents were displaced in the 1970s. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Elizabeth Hernandez in Denver on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
By | ehernandez@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Who gets a say in what happens to Ninth Street has been a matter of contention for years as the displaced residents have vied for more control over the land they used to call home.
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