The rise and fall of I. Rude

ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5781 L’CHAIM® MAGAZINE PAGE 13 is a park in the West Denver neighborhood of Sun Valley, an urban oasis with sweeping lawns, a little stream and a popular recreation center with a swimming pool, weight room and childcare center. The kids, who love to play here, and adults, who ride their bikes or relax here, absolutely love the place. Though most of them probably know the name — Rude Park — and even know to pronounce it as “Rudy” Park — they probably don’t know in whose honor this pleasant piece of ground is named. They, like virtually everyone else in Denver today, have no idea who Isadore Rude was, despite the fact that in his day he was quite well-known, not […]