This redevelopment spread to the adjacent Union Station North neighborhood and residential buildings were planned and built. In the 1990s and through the 2010s, redevelopment took place in the LoDo/ Union Station/Riverfront Park/ Confluence Park areas along with the building of Coors Field (1995) and the creation of Cuernavaca Park (2000). The area was considered an undesirable place to live. Along the river's banks could be found landfills, discarded cars, weeds, old tires, waste, feathers from a pillow factory, and hobo camps. īy the 1960s, Union Station North contained immigrant housing, vacant lots, railroad tracks, and industrial plants dumping discharge into the South Platte River. From the city's founding and continuing through the 1970s, the South Platte River was essentially treated as an open sewer. The discovery of gold in Denver in 1858 resulted in a large increase of white settlers to the area and the native population was pushed out. They named the South Platte River, which flows along Union Station North, Niinéniiniicíihéhe. Union Station North sits on land that originally belonged to the Arapaho Tribe. History View of Union Station North with Coors Field and Denver skyline in the background In July 2016, the official name of the neighborhood was changed from "Prospect" to "Union Station North". The name, Prospect, originated from the adjacent, "Prospect Junction" railyard located partially within and immediately to the north of Union Station North. Originally an area of Denver known as, "The Bottoms", "Prospect", or "Prospect Park", Union Station North is one of the oldest parts of Denver. Previously dominated by industrial buildings, waste, railroad tracks and considered an area of the city to be avoided, today it has been rehabilitated into multi-story residential buildings, restaurants, amenities, easy access to downtown Denver, and is a short walk to the South Platte River Trail, which runs along its northern boundary. Union Station North, formerly known as Prospect, is a neighborhood within the city limits of Denver, Colorado.
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