Walking Albuquerque: 30 Tours of the Duke City’s historic neighborhoods, ditch trails, urban nature, and public art

      Copyright © 2015 by Stephen Ausherman

      Editors: Holly Cross and Kate Johnson

      Cover and interior photos: Copyright © by Stephen Ausherman

      Cartographer: Scott McGrew

      Cover and book design: Larry B. Van Dyke and Lisa Pletka

      Indexer: Sylvia Coates

      ISBN: 978-0-89997-767-6; eISBN: 978-0-89997-768-3

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      Cover photos: Front, clockwise from bottom center: rattlesnake sculpture on University Blvd. median, Mesa del Sol; Barr Canal, Mountain View; Chevy 3100 at Tappan House, El Rancho Plaza; Lobo sculpture, UNM South Campus; Explora! Science Center and Children’s Museum, Museum and Courthouse; San Ignacio Catholic Church, Martineztown–Santa Barbara; Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum, Balloon Fiesta. Back, clockwise from top: El Santuario de San Lorenzo, Bernalillo; Routes Rentals & Tours, Old Town; goats grazing at Los Chavez, Los Duranes.

      Frontispiece: Detail from Petro Circle by Doug Weigel (see Walk 27)

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      SAFETY NOTICE: Although Wilderness Press and the author have made every attempt to ensure that the information in this book is accurate at press time, they are not responsible for any loss, damage, injury, or inconvenience that may occur to anyone while using this book. You are responsible for your own safety and health while following the walking trips described here. Always check local conditions, know your own limitations, and consult a map.

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      My sincere thanks to those who shared their knowledge and contributed to the diverse local perspectives expressed throughout this guidebook: Joe Abbin, Lance Anderson, Rick Brittain, Rudolfo Carrillo, Martin Garcia, Claudia Infante, Camilla Jaquette, Jennifer Owen-White, David Ryan, Susan Schwartz, Michael Scialdone, Mike Smith, Scott Smith, Bob Tilley, Mark Weaver, Steven J. Westman, and Michael Wolff.

      And as always, special thanks to Betsy.

      AUTHOR’S NOTE

      The art of walking involves a particular sense of relating to the cityscape and connecting to its natural and cultural environment on levels that cannot be reached by any other mode of transport. Walking is storytelling in motion, a narrative unfolding not in chronological order, but rather as a spacial sequence of layered events. Consider this book as a kind of bridge between specific places at the present moment and those who occupied it at various times. The purpose is not so much to guide you on specific routes but to take you off predictable paths. Like Zen labyrinths, these routes are designed to lead you into a new awareness of the urban landscape and the lives of those who pass through it. Follow the directions with that in mind. More important, follow your instinct. Feel free to drift off course in any direction that interests you. Likewise, steer clear of areas your gut tells you to avoid. Ideally, you’ll find these walks as starting points for much greater urban expeditions in a marvelous, mystifying town known as Albuquerque.