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 Cross 3rd St. and turn right; then take a left into the alley on the north side of the Occidental Building. The most colorful mural on this block belongs to Burt’s Tiki Lounge, a Polynesian-themed faux dive that was inexplicably placed on Esquire magazine’s list of best bars in America. At the end of the block and fronting Central Ave. is the Rosenwald Building. Another creation of Henry C. Trost, this former department store opened in 1910 to carry the wares of Aron and Edward Rosenwald, German merchants who arrived in Albuquerque in 1878. The reinforced concrete structure is considered New Mexico’s first fireproof building, despite the fire that gutted it in 1921.

 Before ducking down the alley in the 400 block, take a few steps south to see the plaque embedded in the sidewalk. It marks the geographic center of Albuquerque in 1912. (Over the century that followed, the geographic center shifted 1.5 miles north and about a quarter mile east. The 2012 plaque is on the north side of Coronado Park, between 3rd and 4th Streets.)