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Craig F. Walker

Game Plan. A trackhoe digs beneath Federal Boulevard where Lakewood Gulch is being widened for the West Corridor light-rail project.The planned 2013 opening of a rail station has planners envisioning a transformation for Sun Valley, including an entertainment district. Butresidents fear that when, and if, the development comes, their wishes will end up the same way their neighborhood often has: overlooked. <strong> <a href="http://photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2010/11/sun-valley/" target="_blank">Videos and Photos</a></strong>

Part Three: Pressure building

May 5, 2016 at 2:48 a.m.

Part Three: Pressure building

Warm Embrace. Darius Townsell, 4, hugs Kris Rollerson, head of the Sun Valley Youth Center, during a break from parking cars on a Broncos game day. Darius and his mom were helping Rollerson raise funds for the center. Rollerson has about 22 students a day in her after-school program, where they get a meal from Food Bank of the Rockies, tutoring and physical activities. <strong> <a href="http://photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2010/11/sun-valley/" target="_blank">Videos and Photos</a></strong>

Part Three: Pressure building

May 5, 2016 at 2:51 a.m.

Part Three: Pressure building

"Blessed." Asnake Deferse, his wife, Sara Gebre, and their four sons moved into Sun Valley Homes about eight months ago after he lost his job.The couple, originally from Ethiopia, are now American citizens. Sara works with infants at Fairview Elementary, and Asnake hopes to start hisown business. "I am blessed," he says. "It is good to be in America. I have a home. Those who complain should go to Africa they would regret it." <strong> <a href="http://photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2010/11/sun-valley/" target="_blank">Videos and Photos</a></strong>

Part Three: Pressure building

May 5, 2016 at 2:53 a.m.

Part Three: Pressure building

Edith Gonzalez takes a break from yard work at the home she shares with her husband, Isidro, on West 13th Avenue in Sun Valley. The couple would like to sell their home; the house next door is vacant and for sale. Edith says, "That poor house goes into foreclosure constantly." The Gonzalezes have lived in their home for eight years. <strong> <a href="http://photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2010/11/sun-valley/" target="_blank">Videos and Photos</a></strong>

Part Two: “The hill” born, torn

May 5, 2016 at 10:43 a.m.

Part Two: "The hill" born, torn

Decatur Street near West 11th Avenue. Nhu Nguyen, right, a refugee from Vietnam who has lived at Sun Valley Homes for 14 years, walks south on Decatur with cans he collected near Invesco Field during a Denver Broncos game. At left is the same street in 1927. <strong> <a href="http://photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2010/11/sun-valley/" target="_blank">Videos and Photos</a></strong>

Part Two: “The hill” born, torn

May 5, 2016 at 10:46 a.m.

Part Two: "The hill" born, torn

2800 block of West 10th Avenue. Sanitary concerns spurred the removal of dilapidated housing in the late 1940s, which was replaced by the Sun Valley Homes project and green space for children. Atop the hill at left in 1947 is the Las Casitas housing project. <strong> <a href="http://photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2010/11/sun-valley/" target="_blank">Videos and Photos</a></strong>

Part Two: “The hill” born, torn

May 5, 2016 at 10:48 a.m.

Part Two: "The hill" born, torn

Somali refugees (fromt left) Kheiro Huseien, Malaika Lugendi, and Butula Hussien and Rugia Hamza of Sudan, watch the students pass through the hallway at Fairview Elementary School where they attend the Families Learning Together class in the Sun Valley neighborhood of Denver, CO. <strong> <a href="http://photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2010/11/sun-valley/" target="_blank">Videos and Photos</a></strong>

Part One: Blocked in, blocked out

May 5, 2016 at 6:20 a.m.

Part One: Blocked in, blocked out

Game Plan. A trackhoe digs beneath Federal Boulevard where Lakewood Gulch is being widened for the West Corridor light-rail project.The planned 2013 opening of a rail station has planners envisioning a transformation for Sun Valley, including an entertainment district. Butresidents fear that when, and if, the development comes, their wishes will end up the same way their neighborhood often has: overlooked. <strong> <a href="http://photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2010/11/sun-valley/" target="_blank">Videos and Photos</a></strong>

Part One: Blocked in, blocked out

May 5, 2016 at 6:23 a.m.

Part One: Blocked in, blocked out

Mohamed Hussein, 10, left, and his cousin Abdi Osman Siid, 8, play along 11th Ave, between the Xcel Energy property and the Denver Housing Authority's Sun Valley Homes in Denver, CO. The pair were easily entertained themselves, sword fighting with wooden stakes, playing with brick, a hubcap and climbing trees. <strong> <a href="http://photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2010/11/sun-valley/" target="_blank">Videos and Photos</a></strong>

Part One: Blocked in, blocked out

May 5, 2016 at 6:26 a.m.

Part One: Blocked in, blocked out

July 24, 2008. 2:12 p.m. Ian shows his frustration during a counseling session with Sgt. 1st Class Weisensel, left, and Sgt. Donoso. In addition to admitting his drug use, Ian returned late from the weekend again and lied about his reasons, putting him at severe risk of getting kicked out of the Army. But his superiors give him another chance. 脪If he stays clean, follows the program, until we deploy, he脮ll stay in the Army,脫 Weisensel says. Because of the lying, Ian is demoted from private first class to private 1 and gets a pay reduction. The two-year journey of Ian Fisher from Bear Creek high school in Lakewood, Colorado to Army boot camp to Fort Carson to deployment in Iraq.

Part 2: On and off post, trials in private life

May 6, 2016 at 6:04 p.m.

Part 2: On and off post, trials in private life