DENVER (KDVR) — The Denver community is rallying to support a historic Asian-American market facing uncertainty over its future amid plans for a new development at the site.
If you take a trip down South Federal Boulevard, you will eventually hit Denver’s Little Saigon District. The district began in the 1970s after Southeast and East Asian refugees and immigrants settled in the area, transforming a little chunk of Denver into a piece of home.
Asian-owned restaurants, markets, shops, jewelers, salons and small businesses sprouted in the area, immersing Denver in the Asian culture, and introducing popular dishes, including the Vietnamese soup, phở, to the Mile High City…