A Colossal Mile Hi Uptown Hummingbird

- Monday, February 04, 2019
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El Vado Rehabilitation: The Historic Motel Complex Reimagined

- Monday, January 21, 2019
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The El Vado Motel has had an eventful 80+ year history so far...Restaurants, shops, the refurbished motel & public gathering/convention spaces are bringing the historic property into the next 80 years... Read More
Los Poblanos Historic Inn & Farm: Art & Architecture Tour

- Thursday, December 20, 2018
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I learned two new concepts along the way at Los Poblanos: what a Coping is & all about Zaguan Doors...A coping is a cap or covering of a wall, like the brick that caps
the top of Meem Territorial building, seen below & here. They may consist of stone (capstone), brick, tile, slate, metal or wood. A Zaguan Door
is a door-within-a-door--a large, often decorated grande entry door to a hacienda courtyard, with a more functional human-sized door carved out of
it. The larger door can be opened for horses or carts to be brought inside. A good example from Los Poblanos can be seen in the two images below, one
from the outside & another image from inside the hacienda-style courtyard.
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MetroABQ Newsletter -- December: Los Poblanos Art & Architecture Tour

- Wednesday, December 05, 2018
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Mural Fest '18: In the UrbanABQ East & West Neighborhoods

- Monday, November 19, 2018
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Mural Fest '18: The Nob Hill Neighborhoods

- Thursday, November 15, 2018
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Above & below are three of more than half a dozen Nob Hill murals featured in Mural Fest '18 this
year. For the woman surrounded by red: Ernest Doty updated his wall outside the Slice Parlour--it's my favorite mural this year & is stunning
up close...Also, The Guild Cinema exit doorway now sports a geometric eye design that is easy to miss. A muralist
outside Empire Board Game Library works on his wall during the festival.
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