University of Denver Autumn 2024

When DU moved to its current location just a few miles from its original setting downtown, the surrounding landscape was mostly bare. By the 1950s, campus additions included the alumni-funded Hilltop Stadium that hosted crowds of up to 25,000 and a new co-ed dorm, and homes and businesses had sprouted up in the surrounding area. Since then, the population of metro Denver has more than quadrupled, and the city’s once-sparse skyline is far more prominent, but DU’s campus—the oldest in Colorado—remains. CITYWIDE BOOM (1957-1961) TIME CAPSULE

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UNIVERSITY OF DENVER MAGAZINE | AUTUMN 2024