RANA (Raynolds Addition Neighborhood Association) Jane’s Walk 5/5/2024
Note: With so much to check out along the way, this walk can easily be broken into two separate walks.
Raynolds Addition, Albuquerque, NM 87102
“The Raynolds Addition has long been a favorite walking destination for both residents and nearby downtown workers. You will find both recent and historic house, garden, and apartment building details to interest you. Parks, cafes and other neighborhood-scale businesses attract walkers.
Front porches encourage interactions between walkers and residents.
The Raynolds Additions, between 6th St SW and 14th St SW, was platted in 1912. The area filled in slowly with garden apartments, courtyard apartments, bungalows, southwest style houses, and some of Albuquerque’s earliest apartment buildings.
Raynolds contains the Aldo Leopold Neighborhood Historic District. Leopold (1886-1948), the U.S. father of wildlife ecology, lived in Albuquerque between 1914 and 1924. In 1918, as Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, he led an effort to create what would later become the Rio Grande Valley State Park, i.e. “The Bosque”.
Beginning in the 1990’s, the Raynolds Neighborhood Association began painting murals, planting xeric gardens, and sculpting dead elm trees on residential properties. The Association helped redesign Washington Middle School Park – now Benny Hargrove Park – done in collaboration with Washington Middle School students, the City, and Rowlands nursery.”
-from Historic Albuquerque Tour Map & Guide, City of Albuquerque Planning Department, WALK Albuquerque, ABQ Alliance for Active Living
1) Central &7th St (head east towards 6th St)
Puccini Building – Luigi Puccini, cousin of Giacomo Puccini (“La Boheme”, “Madame Butterfly”, “The Girl of the Golden West”). In-laws of Oreste and Maria Bachechi (KiMo Theater)
El Rey Theater
In & Out/Golden West Saloon Built 1929 as a grocery store. 2008 Fire
Intolerance Museum – Good example of Art Deco, once common Downtown.
Quickel Building built 1924 by Trost & Trost. Fulwiler Motor Company (1930)
Boese Brothers Brewery/Packard (alley)
2) West from 6th & Gold, then north on 7th to Central. Continue west on Central to Roundabout.
Safe House Distillery/former bank
Murals on 7th St
Old Firestone/Ex Novo taproom
Renovation at old Hotel Blue – Built 1965 as the Downtowner Motor Inn
Curious Toast
Skinner Building/free standing deck
Robinson Park – Oldest city park – 1880’s. Site of largest Growers’ (Farmers’) Market in New Mexico.
Milne House – Built 1917. John Milne (1880-1956) was superintendent of APS from 1911-1956
3) Turn south on 8th Street
Eller Building – 1922 by Henry Trost for Dr. Charles Eller
Silver Lofts/tree lined street
Southern Union Gas Building – Build 1950’s by architect John Gaw Meem who popularized the “Santa Fe Style)
Albuquerque Fire Rescue Station 1 – Mural; structure built January 1956 – $112,000
4)Turn right (west) on Lead Ave
Single family, duplexes, courtyard apartments, triplex.
The Bear
5)Turn right on 9th St to Park Ave
Old Barn behind Hudson House
OffCenter Community Art Space
Java Joe’s/Tuco’s
Murals
Mixed Use
6)West on Park, then turn right on 10th St to Central Ave
Washington Apartments – 1916
Mother Road Apartments
7)Head South on 10th St to Gold Ave
Benny Hargrove Park/Art Mosaic Columns
Native American Business
South West Organizing Project (SWOP)/murals
Alley mural – 1992
8)Turn right Gold Ave to 12th St
Nice early 20th century homes
Tree lined street
Single family/multi-family/courtyard apts/various styles
9)Turn right 12th St then left on Park
Beautiful “Resilience” Mural at Washington Middle School
Mixed use/single family homes
10)Turn left on 13th St to alley just past Gold Ave. Go right down the alley.
RANA Community Garden
11)Continue down the alley, then turn right at 14th St.
Clock Tower/Little Library – 14th & Park Ave SW
Aldo Leopold House & Neighborhood Historic District
Park Place Condominiums – Park Plaza Condominiums
Bicycle Boulevard – Silver Ave/14th St SW
12)Return to start along Central Ave *
*Optional return via Park Ave or Gold Ave
Old Route 66
The Dog House
Various businesses/old residential buildings/styles
Urban Mama Kombucha
Silver Moon Lodge