Abstract
G LOBEVILLE is an old ethnic community distinctive in modern Denver for just that reason. Among the residents of other sections of the city it is known as a German-Polish working-class residential neighborhood of several thousand persons in the packing-house district. Globeville is now in the second generation beyond the immigrant experience, and distinct departures from the past are taking place. As the old-line families move to the suburbs or pass away, a new group, the Mexican-Americans, is replacing them. Recently, out-migration has been accelerated by the construction of an elevated Interstate Highway through the very heart of the community. Herein lies a fascinating theme for the cultural geographer. What is the spatial expression of such an ethnic community, and how do areal patterns reinforce the identity of a social group? What, indeed, are the neighborhood groupings and patterns in Globeville and how have they changed during the process of invasion? Finally, what is to be the fate of this aging ethnic neighborhood now rudely cleft by a linear mound of dirt and concrete?
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