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Last Updated: Jun. 12, 2018 · 7:43 p.m.

Torchy’s won’t be at Denver Taco Fest after all

A pre-World War II home bears a soon-to-be taboo symbol. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Yes, this Denver house with a brick swastika was built before the symbol was associated with anti-Semitism

The man who built the structure was Carl Bloom, a Denver bricklayer who lived from about 1851 to 1930.