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 in the neighborhood.

And here’s a link to the Green Book and another 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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