Walking Albuquerque. Stephen Ausherman

10 Martineztown–Santa Barbara 11 Los Poblanos 12 El Rancho Plaza 13 Balloon Fiesta 14 Alameda Bridge 15 Volcano Trails 16 Corrales 17 Bernalillo 18 Rio Bravo 19 Mountain View 20 Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge 21 Pajarito 22 Mesa del Sol 23 Fairview Memorial Park 24 UNM South Campus 25 UNM Central Campus 26 Nob Hill 27 Expo New Mexico 28 International District 29 Menaul Trailhead 30 North Albuquerque Acres APPENDIX 1: Walks by Theme APPENDIX 2: Points of Interest About the Author

      INTRODUCTION

      “Even for Albuquerque, this is pretty Albuquerque.”

      —Kirk Douglas, Ace in the Hole

      People have walked in this area for the past 12,000 years. The earliest established walking routes date back at least a thousand years. For nearly two centuries following its founding, the Villa de Alburquerque was, by lack of choice, a pedestrian town.

      The City of Albuquerque mushroomed in response to the AT&SF Railroad, Route 66, and Kirtland Air Force Base. With so much of its early industry catering to planes, trains, and automobiles, Albuquerque didn’t exactly develop as a perambulator’s paradise. However, that doesn’t mean the art of walking has met its demise here. Far from it. A surge in renovations and redevelopment