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Viva la Raza! A Park, a Riot and Neighbourhood Change in North Denver

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People reside in homes; however, they live in neighbourhoods comprised of parks, sidewalks, restaurants, shops and other everyday places. Whether current or potential neighbourhood residents feel at home in these places remains an undertheorised aspect of neighbourhood change. Rather than housing policy or real estate development, this essay explores public space as a mechanism of neighbourhood change. Drawing from ethnographic research in the Latino barrios of North Denver, It deconstructs the history of one small yet vital public space—la Raza Park. During the 1970s, this park, its pool and the many events it grounded, built community cohesion and fostered cultural identity. In 1981, city authorities went so far as to deploy a SWAT team to la Raza Park to enforce a permit violation. The following summer, they demolished its pool. North Denver is now gentrifying rapidly. This essay stitches these disparate-seeming events into a story of neighbourhood change.

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  • Sig Langegger, 2013. "Viva la Raza! A Park, a Riot and Neighbourhood Change in North Denver," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 50(16), pages 3360-3377, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:50:y:2013:i:16:p:3360-3377
    DOI: 10.1177/0042098013483603
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