In 1940, eight Boulder professors pooled their resources and purchased a complete undeveloped block in the recently platted lots south of Chautauqua.  Their plan was to build their houses around a shared common space, providing a larger outdoor area for kids and family and protecting views to the mountains.  In the West, where individualism reigns supreme, this act of enlightened semi-communal planning was dubbed “Little Russia.”  Read Mark Gerwing’s tour of Boulder’s historic Floral Park.

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