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Fort Garland celebrates the history — and recipe — of tortillas in southern Colorado
The cooking lesson at the museum came with a lesson about the history of tortillas.
How Urban Renewal and a Sports Arena Wiped Out This Japantown
In the Margins covers the history they didn’t teach in school, exploring obscure, yet captivating tales that offer unique insights into their time and place.
How Urban Renewal and a Sports Arena Wiped Out This Japantown
Season 1 Episode 3 | 11m 21s | CC
Salt Lake City’s Japantown was once a thriving community for thousands of Japanese Americans. In 1966 city officials destroyed it for a glitzy new sports arena, one justified by an Olympic bid that ended in failure. Here’s how the controversial practice of “urban renewal” nearly wiped out Japantown and how the Japanese American community is fighting to protect what remains.
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