Historic Photos of Denver in the 50s, 60s, and 70s

by Michael Madigan

Book Overview

In the decades after World War II, the Mile High City traded its cowtown image for the glitter of skyscrapers, big-league sports teams, Interstate highways, and urbanity. As the Urban Renewal wrecking ball erased the city's old skin and displaced some residents familiar with it, a new facade attracted Americans from far and wide in search of a Rocky Mountain way of life. Servicemen returning from the war came to build new businesses, and the next...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596525959
• ISBN13: 9781596525955
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Turner
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 10.3" x 10.1"