For a long time, the Barelas Bridge at what is now the Hispanic Cultural Center was the only means across the Rio Grande for miles and miles (Alameda being the closest). In constant state of construction/destruction due to floods, pre-Conservancy, most newspaper accounts in the early 20th Century are centered on how badly the bridge… Read More Two Barelas Bridge Stories
As of 1930, there was a new good reason to move up and out to Albuquerque’s University Heights. The ad notes, “When you live in Monte Vista the smaller children can go to school without crossing a single busy street, and within a few blocks of home.” What was a good selling point in 1930… Read More Monte Vista Elementary, 1930
One imagines life in Albuquerque back in 1907 was probably pretty chill. A town of around 10,000 in those days, and not a one of them had to upload a .pdf of a prior submission and convert it to a Word doc before editing and sending a Track Change Draft2.docx to the boss for review… Read More The Eternal Bicycling Menace
For quite some time, as those who wander/stumble across this here outpost on the Internet hinterlands have surely guessed, I’ve been wondering: What’s the point of this blog at this point? Varied feints, thrusts, and parries have been employed in search of a metaphorical heart/point to pierce, wild misses and sightless stabs the result. Without… Read More Clyde Tingley and Sabbath Desecration
You want the long version of the story, or short? Years of blogging experience have taught me just about everybody wants the short version. Those years have also taught me that brevity is not a personal strong suit. So I’ll try to be brief, but… I was reading the always wonderful Downtown Albuquerque News last… Read More Who’s Paavo Nurmi and Was He Ever in ABQ?
As you probably know, there are some folks out there diligent, creative, and delightfully obsessed enough to navigate intricately designed routes while toting GPS devices, resulting in what is known as “GPSart.” I am far, far too haphazard and lacking in diligence for anything like that. To put an art hat on what I “do,”… Read More Bike Ride “Readymades”
