North Denver News

Photo from historycolorado.org A few years back I was visiting with Councilman Ernie Marranzino whose family lived one house west on Osage, behind Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church at West 36th and Navajo. It was around noon and the bells of Mount Carmel announced as they did everyday the time for the Angelus Prayer. The bells included the 1,000 pound bell, the Maria bell. The bells shook the whole Marranzino residence, the windows and... Read more...

Photo courtesy of Dennis Gallagher North and West Denver are blessed with many historic churches and synagogues which help build strong and vigorous communities, knitting together an important fabric that makes neighborhood stories memorable and worthy of remembering. Today, we call these stories diversity. It’s my story too.   I first visited Holy Transfiguration of Christ Orthodox Church in Globeville in high school when my friend... Read more...

Judge Ben B. Lindsey Photo from Denver Public Library, CHS-B1042 Benjamin Barr Lindsey never forgot his working class roots, and that’s why I have always admired him.  Lindsey was only 11 years old in 1879 when his family moved to Denver from his native Tennessee. His dad initially had a good position as chief telegraph operator for the Denver South Park and Pacific Railroad, but he became ill and lost his job. Young Lindsey had to... Read more...