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VRA 2012

Albuquerque, NM

Thanks for presentation images from Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau, Bunting Library Digital Collections, City of Albuquerque, Hotel Albuquerque, Isabel & Isaac Morris, National Park Service, and a couple of uncredited Google grabs.

Albuquerque(Clockwise: Patrick Nagatani, 1989 photograph; Richard Diebenkorn, 1952 painting; Lee Friedlander, c.1975 photograph; & Robert Houle, 1997 lithograph)

Cindy at Hotel Albuquerque, 3/5/2011, temperature was about 55 °F at 10:30AM, sunny with a light breeze. KEY: Drink water! Wear sunscreen!

Hotel Albuquerque, with adjoining chapel (wedding anyone??) and covered walkway to Old Town

West to north panorama from Tiguex Park

Old Town Plaza

Albuquerque Museum

Hotel Albuquerque

North to east panorama from Tiguex Park

Hotel Albuquerque

NM Museum of Natural History

Explora

Painted mural and chile ristras in Old Town (above); Albuquerque Tri-Centennial birthday pillar (right)

Old Town Plaza & San Felipe de Neri

Old Town Plaza/Shops, booths, Rattlesnake Museum

Albuquerque Museum

Albuquerque Museum of Art & History

New Mexico Museum of Natural History

Adult night?

Explora

Explora

Volcano cones (above) west of the Rio Grande & to the east, Sandia mountains (right )

Rt 66 sign

Central Avenue, south of Old Town

National Hispanic Cultural Center

Indian Pueblo Cultural Center

IPCC & “Saturday dances” sign

KiMo (west end of downtown)

Alvarado Hotel (1912 panorama); A&P Depot; Alvarado Transportation Center (2008)

SF downtown (google?) w/ GOK, IAIA?

I: Wheelwright Mus., B: Lab of Anthropology Libr., F: Mus. of Spanish Colonial Art, D: Mus. of International Folk Art, A: Café, E: Mus. of Indian Arts & Culture

Santa Fe Plaza Albuquerque Old Town Plaza

Palace of the Governors today (left) and view from 1929, with Harvey Hotel staff and cars

UNM (Central & University/Lobo…)

Aperture Building (IFDM) at Mesa del Sol

Crossroads Motel, Central Avenue – featured in episodes of Breaking Bad (TV series on AMC)

SA+P

Frontier

Tamarind Insititute

Nob Hill gates

Nob Hill, east of UNM

Tram base & view of tr

Info about food & drink to come

It’s easy to get from MN to NM – just turn left…

Albuquerque, April 18-22, 2012

VRA CELEBRATING 30 YEARS2012

Albuquerque, NM