It's been a while since we released the last episode of season two. Here's an update on what we've been working on and a taste of what's to come.
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On this episode of Changing Denver -- the finale of season 2! -- we venture into the animal kingdom (as far into it as we can get without leaving the city, that is). This is a story about societal norms surrounding animal exhibitions, and it only begins at the Denver Zoo.
Thanks for another successful season, everyone. Your continued support means the world to us. We'll be back in a few months with new episodes, and we may have a few surprises in store before then.
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Make sure to watch one of the slick promo videos on the Wild Animal Sanctuary's site here.
Here's where you can find Marc Bekoff's new book, The Animals' Agenda.
You don't need me to give you this link to the Denver Zoo.
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Our theme song is "Minnow" by Felix Fast4ward.
Also heard in this episode were the songs "Goodbye Graveyard" by Shark Dreams;
"Riverside" and "Greyhound" by The Milk Blossoms, "Baby Seal" by Weird al Qaida, "Tweak a Bit" by Dr. Zilog, and a selection of tracks off the album Container Ship by The Kevin Costner Suicide Pact.
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A few weeks ago, Paul started hosting a new weekly podcast for the local news outlet Denverite. We think you'll like it, so we wanted to give you a taste.
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And check out all the stories discussed in this episode at www.denverite.com
On this installment of Changing Denver Bit By Bit, we bring you the story of Denver mayor Benjamin F. Stapleton and his relationship with the Ku Klux Klan.
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The other song heard in this episode is "Dekalb Station" by Shady Elders. You can hear it on their new LP, Inside Voices.
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On Changing Denver this month, we bring you the story of Stapleton, the would-be New Urbanist paradise, and its upsetting connection to the Ku Klux Klan.
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Recommended Reading
If you want to learn more about the business side of Stapleton, Paul has covered related subjects a couple times for Crain's Denver:
From the Block: Thriving neighborhood rises from grounded Stapleton
Stanley Marketplace readies for takeoff in Aurora
For another take on Stapleton and New Urbanism, here's a worthy article from CityLab about street design.
And here's a link to the Green Book and one to Forest City's Stapleton website.
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Our theme song is "Minnow" by Felix Fast4ward.
The other songs heard in this episode are "Storm" by Sam Glover and a selection of tracks by Kai Engel that we found on WFMU's Free Music Archive.
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A few months back, Rebecca Aronauer invited your host to give a presentation about Changing Denver at her quarterly event at Lighthouse Writers' Workshop, Making the Mountain.
He did his best.
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You can hear more of Paul and Louis Present the Blues by Martin Scorsese here. The Denver Pizza Podcast is here. The other shows mentioned in this episode are no longer on the internet. Feel free to email us if you want to hear them!
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In this installment of Changing Denver Bit By Bit, we check back in with historian Phil Goodstein to learn about one of Civic Center's most storied structures, the McNichols Building.
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On Changing Denver this month, we explore the history of Denver's Civic Center with our favorite historian, Phil Goodstein.
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You can hear DJ Deep Rawk on KGNU's hip-hop show Eclipse. It airs every Sunday night at 7 pm.
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In this installment of Changing Denver Bit By Bit, we sit down with Courtland Hyser, Denver's principal city planner, to talk about neighborhood plans.
Our Arapahoe Square episode specifically highlighted the lasting impact of two of these plans, so we thought it was fitting to further explore why neighborhood plans are so important in general, especially in light of Denver's new Neighborhood Planning Initiative.
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In this installment of Changing Denver Bit By Bit, we revisit an episode from season one, How to Climb Stoner Hill. Our partner on that show, local journalist Andy Kenney, gives us an update on what's been happening on the ground at Stoner Hill. Then, we talk to some people at Civitas, the landscape architecture and urban design firm that's been contracted to work on the park now.
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Here's a few stories that Andy's written about the situation in Commons Park since our episode came out:
Denver will try to liven up Commons Park with free activities
Commons Park’s future might start with an “unorthodox” private process
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On Changing Denver this month, we explore the convergence of two trends -- Denver's explosive economic growth and the increasing persecution of our homeless community -- in a neighborhood you may never have heard of. It's called Arapahoe Square.
This episode was produced in partnership with the Denver VOICE. For further reading on Arapahoe Square, check out their February issue.
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Our theme song is "Minnow" by Felix Fast4ward.
The other music heard in this episode includes the songs "Evil Eye" and "Versus" off Snake Rattle Rattle Snake's 2014 album "Totem," which is available on Bandcamp; a selection of tracks by Lee Rosevere that we are using under a Creative Commons license; and an original rendition of "This Land is Your Land" by Jackie Zubryzcki, with additional vocals by Laura Hartenberger. Jackie performs around town under the moniker Five Mile Woods. Her work is also available on Bandcamp.
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In this installment of Changing Denver Bit By Bit, historian David Forsyth tells us a little about what it's like to research the history of Lakeside Amusement Park. Turns out, he's more than the authority on Lakeside history; he's the park's biggest fan!
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On Changing Denver this month, we head northwest to Lakeside Amusement Park. For more than a century, Lakeside has been a popular destination for people of all ages, but only between May and September. What happens during the park's off-season? Where do the people of Lakeside go? And who are they?
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Here's more information on David Forsyth's book, Denver's Lakeside Amusement Park: From the White City Beautiful to a Century of Fun.
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Our theme song is "Minnow" by Felix Fast4ward.
Elk Minister and Chimney Choir generously allowed us to use their music in this episode. "Into the Void of Emptiness" was the first single of Elk Minister's upcoming album, "There's a System of Control," which will be available through iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, CDBaby and other distributors, like Elk Minister’s website, bandcamp, and Soundcloud on January 13. The tracks "In this Light," "I Know the Way," and "In the Underworld" all appear on Chimney Choir's album "Boomtown". Their new album "(dream)" is available now.
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Rebecca Aronauer is a fiction writer who organizes Making the Mountain, a quarterly event series featuring local artists at the Lighthouse Writers Workshop.
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You can peruse crime data for Lakeside at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation's website.
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On Changing Denver this month, we bring you the story of our city's 15th mayor, Richard Sopris. From humble beginnings, he rose through the social and political ranks of early Denver and eventually helped our young city overcome some of its first major challenges. He also signed the order creating City Park, giving Denver its largest green space and securing his legacy for generations.
Our guide this month is Linda Bjorklund, the author of Richard Sopris in Early Denver: Captain, Mayor & Colorado Fifty-Niner.
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Our theme song is "Minnow" by Felix Fast4ward.
The other music you heard in this episode was performed by Randy Arent. For the past five years, he has performed at the charity 5K run through City Park on St. Patrick’s day. He is available for bookings through his website Denverbagpiper.com.
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Welcome to SEASON 2 of Changing Denver!
On this premier episode, we pose a simple question: what gets to be art on the Cherry Creek Trail? Our search for an answer takes us into the archives of defunct Instagram accounts, the shadows of mixed-use developments, and up and down the Cherry Creek Trail more times than we can count.
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Adam Lichty's Denver Street Heart project is still online at Instagram.
Here's a link to the Westword article about him that we mention in the episode.
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You can listen to (and purchase) Olivia Blu's album The Rebirth Bug on her Bandcamp page, and you can find out about her upcoming live performances on Facebook.
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Two months ago, we capped off our first season with an episode about the hot new restaurant Hop Alley and its namesake, Denver's old Chinatown. For this bonus episode, we invited food journalist Laura Shunk to help us do a proper review of the restaurant.
Of course, we put the Changing Denver spin on it, so it's a little different from what you might expect.
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The rave reviews of Hop Alley keep pouring in. 5280 just named it the best restaurant in Denver on its annual list of the top 25!
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Season 2 of Changing Denver is coming soon.
This is not it. This is something ... different.
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In this installment of Changing Denver Bit By Bit, we feature an interview Paul did with CU Boulder history professor William Wei for KGNU. It's all about Wei's new book "Asians in Colorado," and excerpts of it were featured on our recent season finale, on Hop Alley.
The interview touches on Denver's old Chinatown, but also explores how the discrimination facing Asians in Colorado morphed from Sinophobia into Japanophobia in the 20th Century. Yes, that means there is discussion of Japanese internment in concentration camps, as Wei calls them, as well as former governor Ralph Carr.
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On this episode of Changing Denver – the finale of season 1! – we figure out the connection between Denver’s old Chinatown and a new Chinese restaurant in River North. It turns out they have more in common than the name Hop Alley.
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We are taking a couple months off after this episode to give some ongoing projects the time they deserve. All complaints about this will be interpreted as expressions of grief, so bring 'em on! You can also tell us how you feel in a review on iTunes. Just make sure all profanity-laced tirades are preceded by five gold stars.
Thanks to everyone who made this first season happen. All the support and love has been so important.
See you in season 2!
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You can learn more about William Wei’s new book, Asians in Colorado: A History of Persecution and Perseverance in the Centennial State, here.
CU Denver professor of History Tom Noel’s home page, including a full list of his Colorado-related publications, can be found here.
You can read Jarod Ballentine’s review of Hop Alley here (he gave it a 7.5 out of 10), and find more of his reviews at The Infatuation.
If you are as curious about Hop Alley’s food as we are, you can make a reservation here.
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Our theme song is “Minnow” by FelixFast4ward. You can find more of his music on Soundcloud.
Local bluegrass band Meadow Mountain provided two songs for this episode, “Homestead” and “Central,” which both appear on their new Homestead EP. You can hear them perform every Tuesday night at Cerebral Brewing. It’s called Bluegrass Tuesdays, and it seems like fun. Their website is http://meadowmountain.wix.com/meadowmountainmusic.
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On Changing Denver this month, we have an interview with local historian Amy Zimmer about her new book Lost Denver and her experiences on the Landmark Preservation Commission. She outlines Denver’s fraught relationship with its own past and explains our official process for preserving historic landmarks.
Memory, loss, the value of seeing your past around you: It can be a challenge to take these issues on without slipping down a rabbit hole. You have been warned.
Amy Zimmer’s book is available at many of Denver’s independent booksellers.
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Our theme song is “Minnow” by Felix Fast4ward. You can find more of his music here.
The other song used in this episode is called “Make it Weird,” and it was provided to us by Morlox. You can find more music by Morlox on Bandcamp and learn more on the Morlox Facebook page.
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In this installment of Changing Denver Bit By Bit, Central Library Administrator Rachel Fewell discusses some of the challenges facing the Denver Public Library and the ways she and her colleagues are dealing with them. She also responds to comments Phil Goodstein made about the library in our episode about the West Side.
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Check out the Revisit Denver podcast at www.revisitdenver.com to hear more stories of Denver's past.
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On Changing Denver this month, we invite local journalist Andy Kenney to guide us through the story of Stoner Hill, a small elevated area of Commons Park. For years it has been a respite for assorted travelers, misfits, and people experiencing homelessness. But now that developers and their wealthy customers have moved into the neighborhood, it has become a source of tension. We dove into this one heads first, figured out the latest news on Stoner Hill, and even got a little involved in the conflict ourselves.
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This episode is a follow-up to Andy’s wonderful cover story for Westword last December. It is not required reading for the episode, but we highly recommend going back for it.
Also, you can follow Andy on Twitter, @andyknny.
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The end credits song in this episode is “Hashtag: First World Problems” by The Windermeres. It's track number one off their 2014 album Anthem of the Recession Generation, which you can find on their bandcamp page. You can also find them on Facebook.
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It’s another installment of Changing Denver Bit By Bit, our series of shorts that complement or supplement the regular episodes. This time, we have an interview with former city councilwoman for District 10 Jeanne Robb. She discusses what it was like representing Cap Hill and how some of the neighborhood’s major issues changed over her 12 years in office.
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On Changing Denver this month, we investigate paranormalactivity in Cap Hill. It turns out the early reports greatlyunderestimated the infestation! Ghosts are legion in this historicDenver neighborhood, and not necessarily the kind you'd expect.
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Materials for further research:
Ghost Quest, the feature length paranormal investigationdocumentary, is available on YouTube in full.
Bree Davies wrote this column for Westword on the closing of the Gypsy House.
Lady Speech tweets @LadySpeech and has a list ofupcoming appearances on her website www.ladyspeech.com.
Noah Van Sciver was recently nominatedfor an Eisner Award! His work is available at many of Denver’sfinest bookstores, including Kilgore Books. You can also findhim on tumblr andTwitter @NoahVanSciver.
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Our theme song is “Minnow” by FelixFast4ward. You can find more of his music on Soundcloud.
The song we played throughout the episode is “Deathville” byEldren. You can find more about them on their Facebook page.
The other songs you heard under the Noah Van Sciver interviewwere “solace”and “architects”by Three Chain Links. I found them on WFMU’s Free Music Archive.They were released under a Creative Commons AttributionLicense.
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On Changing Denver this month, we have the story of Hungarian Freedom Park. What is the connection between Hungary, landscape architecture, and our Queen City of the Plains? More generally, how does a people forge a lasting connection to a place? You can hear the answers to these questions and much more in this, our most ambitious and personal episode to date.
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Materials Referenced in this Episode:
Here are some links to S.R. DeBoer’s plans for Alamo Placita Park (1927) and what became Hungarian Freedom Park (1925)
Here is a copy of the Hungarian Club of Colorado’s founding charter from 1963.
Here is a copy of the ordnance that officially changed the park’s name.
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Extras:
This is the Denver Parks and Recreation Dept.’s current policy on naming and renaming parks.
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Music:
Our theme song is “Minnow” by Felix Fast4ward. You can find more of his music on Soundcloud.
The song we played under the end credits is “Hatcher Creek” by Strawberry Runners. You can find more about them on their website or Facebook. They are headlining a show at the Larimer Lounge on 1 April, and you may see some of the Changing Denver team there, if you’d like to say hi or talk to us about Hungarian Freedom Park.
We found the other music for this episode on WFMU’s Free Music Archive. The tracks were “Gagool” and “Trio for Piano Violin and Viola” by Kevin MacLeod, and “Peace Within” and “Snowing” by Peter Rudenko.
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