Albuquerque

Constructed 1920. The Huning Highland district was Albuquerque’s first platted subdivision beyond the downtown area in the early 20th century. Doctors, merchants and teachers moved to the area, where the predominant architecture was in the Queen Anne style. In the 1920s, Albuquerque’s suburbs expanded east. Huning Highland was designated a Read more…

Constructed 1927. The KiMo Theatre is one of our Albuquerque’s finest treasures and is home to a variety of dance, music, film, theater, cinema and more. The KiMo was opened on September 19, 1927 with an original seating capacity of 1,321. A contest selected the name, which means King of Read more…

Constructed 1938. Now a church, the Lobo Theater opened on August 19, 1938. The Lobo was a popular movie house for the nearby UNM campus student body and a premier venue for independent, classic and cult films. The Lobo hosted popular Oscar award night telecasts through the 1980s and 1990s, Read more…

Constructed 1930. On the north side of Central, the Monte Vista Addition was platted in 1926 by William Leverett. Due to topography and drainage concerns, the streets were laid out in an irregular pattern around two intersecting diagonal boulevards, Campus and Monte Vista. Leverett also set aside a large plot Read more…

Constructed 1936. Recognized on both the state and national historic register, Monte Vista Fire Station, designed by city architect E.H. Blumenthal, was built with WPA funds and completed in 1936. The hollow block and stucco building was constructed with local materials and labor. It is built in the Pueblo Revival Read more…

Constructed 1993. An abstract sculpture of stucco, ceramic tile and neon, the Nob Hill Gateway welcomes visitors to the area. The sculpture is located near the Nob Hill Triangle Park. Central Ave & Girard NE Albuquerque, NM 87106 Photo courtesy of Terry Conrad (www.cabq.gov).

Route 66 is a cultural icon of the automobile age. The whole route famously winds “from Chicago to L.A.,” crossing New Mexico from east to west. The Mother Route crosses through several MainStreet communities: Tucumcari, Albuquerque, Grants and Gallup. Albuquerque is a four-way crossroads of Route 66 in New Mexico, Read more…

Constructed 1920. Silver Hill is a neighborhood in southeast Albuquerque which is significant as one of the oldest developments on the city’s east mesa. The neighborhood is roughly bounded by Central Avenue, Yale Boulevard, Central New Mexico Community College and the UNM campus. The early to mid-Twentieth Century neighborhood features Read more…

Constructed 1924. The Sunshine Theater, opened on May 1, 1924 as Albuquerque’s first big movie palace. The theater and high rise building block Sunshine Building were designed by renowned El Paso architect Henry C. Trost and have dominated the downtown Albuquerque skyline and historic Route 66 for nearly a century. Read more…

The 6’x4′ oil painting “Conchas Dam”, by Odon Hullenkremer, hangs on the 8th floor and depicts scenes that occurred during the construction of the Conchas Dam. Located on the eastern side of the state, the dam was completed in 1939 at a cost of $15.8 million. — Source “Treasures on Read more…