Wednesday, April 18, 2012

April 17, 2012 con't

As the story went, a former Governor of NM didn't want to miss out on money from tourism so he created an alternate Route 66 that went to Santa Fe, so in ABQ, there are 2 streets known as Route 66, hence the sign located at the crossroads.



In ABQ there are a lot of murals on buildings that were done as part of the city revitalization. This one titled Floating Man

A hot day in ABQ, you know the routine.

Bart Prince, well known architect actually lives here.

ABQ, a city with over a half million people, the 35th largest city in the US
has no major league professional team in any sport, however they have the minor league Isotopes. U of NM however has a large following in their sports.

The El Vado motel on Route 66 had served the public for 6 decades but was bought by a Condo developer. Because it was listed on the National Historic Register, the developer realized he couldn't tear it down so the city bought it back and plan to have a New Mexico Route 66 Museum in the future. Picture from theroadwanderer.net

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