La Raza Park in north Denver has become the city’s third historic cultural district, a win for Chicano advocates fighting to preserve a bit of neighborhood history in an ever-changing Denver.
Denver City Council voted Monday night to approve the designation, an effort led by District 1 councilwoman Amanda P. Sandoval. The designation comes at the recommendation of a first-of-its-kind Latino/Chicano Historical Context Study led by the city’s Landmark Preservation division.
The park, originally called Columbus Park in recognition of the Italian immigrants who had settled in that part of Denver before in the earlier half the 20th century, holds Denver’s only kiosko, the Plaza de la Raza , “El Viaje” – a mural found within the kiosk’s ceiling pained by Denver artist David Ocelotl Garcia, and the “La Raza Unida” sculpture by the world-renowned artist Emanuel Martinez.
In late 2020, when Denver7 reported on the park’s renaming to La Raza Park, neighbors near the park said even though the park was called Columbus Park, they knew it only as La Raza Park, due to its storied history.
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