There is a saying that is, like most sayings, true most, but irritatingly not all, of the time. This one goes: “There is no bad weather, only bad clothing.” This saying is usually uttered in colder/wetter outdoors situations (hiking, biking, skiing, sitting in the outside bar at Marble Brewery) by those with better clothing than… Read More The Cat Days of Winter: That Anti-Frank Sinatra Wind
By Burque McBikeface It’s official: Alvarado Drive NE, between Constitution and Copper, is the most bike- friendly street in the city! Have you been on it recently? There’s a bike-related sign every few feet: Bike Route Bike Boulevard 18 MPH Bike Boulevard Bike Boulevard Wayfinding Bikes May Use Full Lane (my favorite sign) 50-Mile Loop 50-Mile… Read More Third Time’s the Charm: The Legend of Alvarado Dr. NE
By Scot In case you missed it yesterday, John posted a few words and some fabulous photos reviewing our adventurous traverse of Albuquerque’s “Southeast Passage,” i.e., the South Diversion Channel from Rio Bravo north and northeast under I-25 and Gibson Blvd., across Cesar Chavez Blvd., and, ultimately, to the “headwaters” of the SDC at the south… Read More Further Reflections on the “Inevitable” South Diversion Channel Extension
Some years ago, when I was employed in Journal Center on Albuquerque’s north side, my colleagues and I would use one of the flood control channels to cross beneath the pedestrian-unfriendly Jefferson Boulevard to get to the neighborhood lunch spots. I was thinking of that today as the Better Burque team explored Albuquerque’s southeast, in… Read More Albuquerque’s Fabled Southeast Passage
Bud Light. It’s uncanny, so to speak. Middle of Commercial St. S.E. just west of Broadway/NM-47.
An interesting KRQE story by Chris McKee on Kirtland AFB’s idea to use some of its unused land to provide a “Gibson Flyover,” changing the route of Gibson Blvd. at Louisiana northeast to Eubank in a route haphazardly shown in red below: No, if built, the road will probably not be quite this meandering (blog poster… Read More A Closer Look at the Latest, of Many, Plans for Gibson Boulevard
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