The Park Hill Experience
Author | : Charles F. Cortese |
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Total Pages | : 55 |
Release | : 1974* |
Genre | : African Americans |
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Author | : Charles F. Cortese |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 55 |
Release | : 1974* |
Genre | : African Americans |
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Author | : Julian Rubinstein |
Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Total Pages | : 407 |
Release | : 2021-05-11 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0374713472 |
An award-winning journalist’s dramatic account of a shooting that shook a community to its core, with important implications for the future On the last evening of summer in 2013, five shots rang out in a part of northeast Denver known as the Holly. Long a destination for African American families fleeing the Jim Crow South, the area had become an “invisible city” within a historically white metropolis. While shootings there weren’t uncommon, the identity of the shooter that night came as a shock. Terrance Roberts was a revered anti-gang activist. His attempts to bring peace to his community had won the accolades of both his neighbors and the state’s most important power brokers. Why had he just fired a gun? In The Holly, the award-winning Denver-based journalist Julian Rubinstein reconstructs the events that left a local gang member paralyzed and Roberts facing the possibility of life in prison. Much more than a crime story, The Holly is a multigenerational saga of race and politics that runs from the civil rights movement to Black Lives Matter. With a cast that includes billionaires, elected officials, cops, developers, and street kids, the book explores the porous boundaries between a city’s elites and its most disadvantaged citizens. It also probes the fraught relationships between police, confidential informants, activists, gang members, and ex–gang members as they struggle to put their pasts behind them. In The Holly, we see how well-intentioned efforts to curb violence and improve neighborhoods can go badly awry, and we track the interactions of law enforcement with gang members who conceive of themselves as defenders of a neighborhood. When Roberts goes on trial, the city’s fault lines are fully exposed. In a time of national reckoning over race, policing, and the uses and abuses of power, Rubinstein offers a dramatic and humane illumination of what’s at stake.
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Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : City planning |
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Author | : Phil H. Goodstein |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 598 |
Release | : 2012-01-01 |
Genre | : Denver (Colo.) |
ISBN | : 9780974226477 |
"Explores the passions and paradoxes of the Park Hill panorama. It traces developments from the 19th century, when an eccentric German baron forged the area, into the 21st century. Park Hill Promise looks at the residents, the buildings, the scandals, and successes of those who have made Park Hill their home. In seeking the promise of an idyllic residential neighborhood, Park Hill people have shaped Denver and the entire national urban experience"--P. [4] of cover.
Author | : Rebecca C. Dorward |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738580449 |
The stately yet welcoming Park Hill neighborhood, located just east of downtown Denver, was platted from prairie lands in 1871 by energetic real estate speculators. A horse-drawn rail car began transportation service in later years to and from Denver as homes in Park Hill became popular. Eventually, Denverites invested in Park Hill lots and wealthy citizens built architecturally sophisticated homes, creating an enclave of Denver society. When automobiles became popular in the 1910s, Park Hill became a popular place to raise a family and has continued as an attractive residential area for more than a century. The home of Denver's elite for decades, including mayors and other leading politicians, Park Hill has embraced diversity in the 21st century, encompassing blue-collar workers along with the physicians, attorneys, and professional athletes.
Author | : Eva Fedderly |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2023-10-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1982193913 |
A deeply reported work of narrative nonfiction that takes readers behind the scenes of one of the most consequential decisions of our time—the closure of Rikers Island—and what it could mean for the future of prison reform and restorative justice. For nearly a century, Rikers Island has stood on a 416-acre strip of land in the East River, housing an average daily population of 10,000 prisoners (the majority of whom are awaiting arraignment and trial), employing about the same number of corrections officers and civilian workers, and costing just over $800 million per year to operate. It is the largest correctional and mental facility in New York City. It also one of the most controversial and notorious jails in America. Which is why, when Mayor Bill De Blasio announced in 2017 that Rikers would be closed within the next decade, replaced with new buildings designed to reflect new outlooks on mass incarceration and prisoner rehabilitation, the decision––which seemed to be a step towards a more humane, more understanding future as terms like abolition and “Defund the Police” were becoming common conversation––sounded like an unalloyed good to many, including Architectural Digest writer Eva Fedderly, who was leading the magazine’s coverage of the closure. But, as she dug deeper and spoke to more people in the different populations surrounding and participating directly in the debate, she discovered that the consensus was hardly universal. Many told her that new jails wouldn’t solve anything—but what could were more programs outside of jails, more equity, and alternative ways to deal with crime. People needed to be given the tools to succeed. Only then, could violence, racism, and crime in America subside. So why was no one listening? In These Walls, Fedderly takes readers behind the scenes and through the layers of the Rikers decision and what it will really mean for reformists, justice architects, abolitionists, city government officials, prison guards, and most wrenchingly, the incarcerated themselves. The result is a compelling blend of on-the-ground reporting and sweeping social and architectural history, perfect for readers of Locking Up Our Own and American Prison that captures the texture of this centuries-old debate and challenges our long-held beliefs about what constitutes justice and power.
Author | : Thomas Jacob Noel |
Publisher | : Historic Denver, Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780914248330 |
The Historic Denver Guides series immerses readers in the rich history of Denver's buildings and neighborhoods, exploring the city through entertaining tours. The Park Hill Neighborhood guide walks you through one of Denvere's most elegant neighborhoods.
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Total Pages | : 880 |
Release | : 1882 |
Genre | : Horticulture |
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Author | : Harold Bell Wright |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Clergy |
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Total Pages | : 818 |
Release | : 1891 |
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