Tag: emanuel martinez
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Protecting history at Denver’s La Raza Park: ‘This story will continue to be told forever’
As the Denver city council voted unanimously to make La Raza Park the city’s third cultural historic district, emotion swept over Councilmember Amanda Sandoval. “I feel emotional now,” she said standing in the Sunnyside park several days after the vote, tears brimming her eyes. Towering behind her was the city’s only Kiosko, an iconic structure…
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Chicano/a/x Community Murals of Colorado recognized as endangered
The National Trust for Historic Preservation on Wednesday named the Chicano/a/x Community Murals of Colorado to its 2022 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. Lucha Martinez de Luna, director of the Chicano/a/x Community Murals of Colorado Project, said her organization nominated murals throughout the state to the list “in recognition of the dangers…