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Reader: Spangalang Could Be a Poster Child for Gentrification

Spangalang Brewery opens today in the former Department of Motor Vehicles office on Welton Street, in the heart of Five Points, an area that was the African-American cultural center of the West decades ago, but started a slow slide in the '60s. Now development is coming back — but is...
By Patricia CalhounApril 9, 2015
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Spangalang Brewery opens today in the former Department of Motor Vehicles office on Welton Street, in the heart of Five Points, an area that was the African-American cultural center of the West decades ago, but started a slow slide in the ’60s. Now development is coming back — but is that development robbing Five Points of its historic identity? Some people think so, and the neighborhood has become one of this city’s fronts in the battle over gentrification. Says WillieStortz:

That picture should be the new poster for Gentrification. Do they have a sign on the front door, “No Locals Allowed”?

What do you think of the changes in Five Points? And what would you rather see in a neighborhood: a craft-beer joint or a DMV?

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com

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