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Tortuga Gallery

Posted on May 27, 2021 by cocolaboca

Beloved New Mexico – full of surprises! 901 Edith Boulevard NE, Albuquerque

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Diane Souder

Posted on October 31, 2020 by cocolaboca

TACA board member Diane Souder was born in Detroit and grew up in Birmingham, Michigan.  She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley Massachusetts with a degree in Urban Studies and got her Masters of Urban Planning from the … Continue reading →

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Jerry Widdison

Posted on September 23, 2020 by cocolaboca

“Older than dirt,” he says when I ask his age. He’s still ¨galavanting around” as he says, and has over 200,000 miles on his Subaru. Most recently he’s been taking day trips to various places for his work with Robert … Continue reading →

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Views of Downtown Storefronts

Posted on September 19, 2020 by cocolaboca
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The Neon Park and the Garcia Collection

Posted on September 19, 2020 by cocolaboca

The lovely old  Glorieta Brewery Building between Lomas, the railroad tracks and John Street, in downtown Albuquerque is being restored and promises to be the crowning glory of the Garcia collection. It’s part of an 8 acre complex recently purchased by … Continue reading →

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Joe Sabatini

Posted on August 26, 2020 by cocolaboca

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Happy Birthday Ann!

Posted on July 23, 2020 by cocolaboca

Longtime Board President Ann Carson is a hands-on scholar, preservation proponent, and self-described urban archaeologist. Her work is well known to many in New Mexico. After moving to Albuquerque with her family in 1985, she became actively involved in the … Continue reading →

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TACA’s Preservation Station

Posted on July 20, 2020 by cocolaboca

Located at the northeast corner of Coal Avenue and Walter Street in the Huning Highlands Historic District, the former Huning Highlands Conoco Service Station is representative of the “House with Bays” subtype of gas station popular in the 1930s. The … Continue reading →

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This Place Matters

Posted on July 20, 2020 by cocolaboca
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Old Albuquerque Indian School

Posted on July 20, 2020 by cocolaboca

Historian and TACA board member Joe Sabatini talks about the history and fate of the old Albuquerque Indian School in this video from his 2018 talk at the Albuquerque Special Collections Library: https://youtu.be/_YjwzAptqfI

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