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Back in 2014, Denver historian Phil Goodstein was in talks with a London publisher about putting together a book called
Lost Denver, but they had a falling-out over what was actually lost in Denver. So Goodstein pulled out of the project and focused on the first two of three volumes in his history of the Denver Public Schools. After wrapping up the second, he decided to dive back into the
Lost Denver idea and write
The Denver That Is No More: The Story of the City’s Demolished Landmarks.
Through hundreds of photographs, Goodstein offers a straightforward history of the city. “This is what Denver looked like, this is what we destroyed, and this is what we once valued,” he explains.