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Listening to Auraria's Past

Listening to Auraria's Past

By: Cameron Blevins Michelle Comstock Rachel Gross Krista Marks and Indira Saha
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“Listening to Auraria’s Past” is an audio walking tour of Denver’s Auraria neighborhood, which was displaced by the city of Denver in the 1970s to build the Auraria Higher Education Center. For more information, see the project's website at: aurariahistory.org.

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  • The Full Tour
    May 19 2026

    Listen the full audio tour "Listening to Auraria's Past." This combines all eleven tour stops into a single, uninterrupted listening experience.

    Full Tour Webpage

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    Credits: Written by Cameron Blevins, Michelle Comstock, and Rachel Gross, with editorial oversight by Sheila Perez-Kindle, Virginia Castro, and Frances Torres. Produced and edited by Krista Marks and Indira Saha. Music by Tony Garcia and Daniel Valdez. Cover art by Bella Briganti. Oral histories courtesy of the History Colorado Center's Museum of Memory project on Auraria. Created in partnership with the Auraria Historical Advocacy Council. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, with additional support from the University of Colorado Denver.

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    42 mins
  • Stop 11: Resilience
    May 19 2026

    "Displaced But Not Erased" — the mural located at 951 9th Street and the tour's final stop — was designed with the community's input to commemorate the neighborhood that once stood there. This stop, which features displaced Aurarian Sheila Perez-Kindle, closes the tour by asking listeners to remember this community and share its stories.

    • Find stop location on: Google Maps or Apple Maps
    • Episode Webpage

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    Credits: Written by Cameron Blevins, Michelle Comstock, and Rachel Gross, with editorial oversight by Sheila Perez-Kindle, Virginia Castro, and Frances Torres. Produced and edited by Krista Marks and Indira Saha. Music by Tony Garcia and Daniel Valdez. Cover art by Bella Briganti. Oral histories courtesy of the History Colorado Center's Museum of Memory project on Auraria. Created in partnership with the Auraria Historical Advocacy Council. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, with additional support from the University of Colorado Denver.

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    4 mins
  • Stop 10: Redress and Renovation
    May 19 2026

    1050 9th Street — also called the Centennial House — has been a pivotal site for memorializing both the displacement and the ongoing struggles to access and expand the promised Displaced Aurarian Scholarship. This stop emphasizes the value of education for Displaced Aurarians and their descendants.

    • Find stop location on: Google Maps or Apple Maps
    • Episode Webpage

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    Credits: Written by Cameron Blevins, Michelle Comstock, and Rachel Gross, with editorial oversight by Sheila Perez-Kindle, Virginia Castro, and Frances Torres. Produced and edited by Krista Marks and Indira Saha. Music by Tony Garcia and Daniel Valdez. Cover art by Bella Briganti. Oral histories courtesy of the History Colorado Center's Museum of Memory project on Auraria. Created in partnership with the Auraria Historical Advocacy Council. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, with additional support from the University of Colorado Denver.

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    4 mins
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