Barelas Is for the Gente
A CALICO CAT LOUNGES ON THE PATIO in front of La Mexicana Tortilla Co. Cleo and her two cohorts are street cats in their golden years that the crew of the historic Albuquerque establishment treat with…
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Category: Albuquerque
Take a Tour of UNM's Campus
WHEN NEW MEXICO’S TERRITORIAL government decided in 1889 to establish an institution of higher learning in Albuquerque, it called for a school sited on 20 acres of “high and dry” land, uphill from the…
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Guide to Albuquerque's New Old Town
ON A WEDNESDAY EVENING, I sip a glass of wine in Old Town. Growing up in Albuquerque, I never envisioned myself enjoying this simple indulgence here. When I was a child, Old Town was reserved for…
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Los Ranchos de Albuquerque is Rooted in the River
A young guest at Los Poblanos Historic Inn enjoys one of the outdoor games. NORTH OF DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE, Río Grande Boulevard entices visitors to leave the city behind. Just north of Griegos Road…
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The Q Is for Quirky
Above: Family members hike up the manmade volcano on Albuquerque's west side. Photograph by Tira Howard. IN HER NEWEST BOOK, Secret Albuquerque: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure (Reedy…
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UNM's Best-Kept Secret
Above: Taken around 1940, this image shows the steps to the Estufa’s roof. The windowless adobe sits at Redondo Drive and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Photograph courtesy of Center for Southwest…
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Odd Fellow
Above: The lumberjack stands just south of Central Avenue on Louisiana Boulevard atop the May Cafe. Photograph by Kate Russell. An ax-holding lumberjack looms atop the May Cafe, near the intersection…
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For the People
A MURAL NEAR MY OLD APARTMENT in Albuquerque, at the power substation on Silver Avenue and Cornell Drive, constantly gets tagged. Painted in colors of marigold and honey brown, it features images of…
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The Story Behind Those Huge Snakes
Above: One of the snake sculptures near Mesa del Sol in Albuquerque. Photograph courtesy of RoadsideArchitecture.com. When the City of Albuquerque hired Sites Southwest to landscape the median…
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Albuquerque, Modern
Above: The Bank of the West Tower, nicknamed the Horizon Pillar, in Albuquerque. Photographs by Krysta Jabczenski. THE SUN GLEAMS OFF the gild-ed bands of a white tower as Thea Haver, founder of…
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