Residents and employees in the neighborhood offer mixed reviews on the recent developments in Denver's Bonnie Brae neighborhood.
“A lot of people in this neighborhood are very upset about the changes,” said Sarah Daigle, a bartender at Campus Lounge at 701 S. University Blvd. since January 2020. Rumors floated around that the self-described “elevated dive bar” might also close, but owner Owen Olson quickly squashed them.
Matta pointed to her neighbor’s recent purchase of a nearby Bonnie Brae building with plans to refurbish it, adding, “I’m excited about the upgrades.”Neighborhood residents had an opportunity to safeguard the Bonnie Brae Tavern in 2019 when the property owner applied for a certificate of non-historic status, now called a certificate of demolition eligibility, said Laura Swartz, communications director for Denver Community Planning and Development.
Notably, the Bonnie Brae neighborhood actually doesn’t qualify as a historic district, unlike University Boulevard Parkway, La Alma Lincoln Park Historic Cultural District and Alamo Placita, according to a“It is an older, lovely neighborhood, but it’s not actually considered historic,” Swartz said. Denver’s historic districts are registered with the city, which “takes support from all of the residents in that area to file that application.
In the late 1920s, real estate developer George Olinger pushed a racist policy to limit the neighborhood’s property owners to specific white ethnicities. However, the integration of an Italian family, who moved to 934 S. Josephine St., threw a wrench in his plan for segregation. “I always think that supporting small businesses is great, but, again, you run into gentrification and accessibility,” she said. “There should be a balance because, if they are building condos, how great if it were affordable housing?”
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