Geography and Environmental Sciences Instructor Kris Christensen said “we do need to densify our city” to address the housing shortage. But it can come at a cost, she added. the new, tall apartment buildings on Welton and Brighton might give newcomers a place to live, but they may not create the right conditions communities need to grow and find a long-term stake in the area. Christensen said “place attachment” is the technical term for the love and care that makes a neighborhood last.

We mapped where Denver has gotten taller, and denser, during the last decade
Denverite, November 3