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Dave Oletski oral history, audio

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Call NumberOH512Interviewee NameOletski, David, 1954-Interviewer NameColorado Voice PreserveNelson, CynsDateNovember 2, 2013SummaryIn 1954, David Oletski, was born at 4920 Logan Street in the Globeville neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. One of six children, he was raised in a large extended family of Polish Catholics. At the time of his grandmother’s death in 1978, he had 103 cousins living in Denver. During his youth his family was active in St. Joseph Catholic Church and Holy Rosary Church, both in the Globeville neighborhood. He attended St. Joseph’s Elementary and High Schools in Denver. For several decades David worked at the Nabisco plant in Globeville. For ten years he lived in Arvada, Colorado, returning to Globeville in 1989. David has been involved in several neighborhood and civic associations, including serving as president of Globeville Civic Association, member of Partners Against Graffiti, economic development committees, National Western Committee, Brown Fields and the ASARCO/Escamilla lawsuit and remediation. He currently lives next door to where he was born.
In this interview David Oletski describes Globeville both past and present, the lack of city resources and recreation centers, need of neighborhood repairs, junk yard contamination and commercial pollution. He also discusses improvements and changes that are coming to area including a RTD station and National Western Stock Show, Platforms Open Space, Section 8 housing, and the 2013 Habitat for Humanity project to repair twenty-six homes in the neighborhood. He also discusses the flood of 1965, John F. Kennedy’s visit to Globeville, the importance of industry to the neighborhood, and its future. He voices his concerns over the I-70 reconstruction, CDOT, public meetings and impact studies, the creation of the Valley Highway in the 1960s, ASARCO contamination, the land clean-up, litigation, and the City’s involvement.Physical Description1 digital file (63:18)Born-Digital or AnalogBorn-DigitalGeographic AreaGlobeville (Denver, Colo.)CollectionCreating Your CommunityTranscripthttps://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/858605Type of MaterialOral historiesOriginal Material Found in CollectionGlobeville and Swansea and Elyria Oral History ProjectRepositoryCentral LibraryLanguageeng

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