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 Turn right at the end of 1st St. and follow the sidewalk west toward 2nd St.

 Take a sharp left onto the viaduct and stay on the sidewalk until you cross back over the tracks, this time entering the northeast quadrant. Admittedly the view is better walking west, so look back every so often to admire the skyline. The eastbound view provides a dramatic illustration of the vast amounts of space we dedicate to parking lots. Try to enjoy the mountain vistas as well. The Sandias peak about 12 miles east. The tracks below appear to be on a collision course with the Jemez Mountains rising about 40 miles north.

 Turn right on Broadway and use the crosswalks to safely navigate your way back to where you started. For reference, First Baptist Church is the big brick building one block south.Expert wanderer David Ryan recaps the walk accordingly: “I didn’t know what to expect at the start of the walk, but as we kept going we ran into something interesting at almost every turn. The unique designs on the old Federal Building were a total surprise. It’s worth a visit on its own. When I lived in Albuquerque in 1969, the Old Sears Building is where preinduction physicals were held by the military. Sears was long gone from downtown and located in Coronado Mall. Coronado and Winrock malls ended major retail downtown. Another unexpected highlight was when we took the elevator to the top of a parking deck at 3rd and Copper and had uninterrupted views of the Sandias to the east, the Manzanos to the south, and downtown all around us. This is a walk I would be happy to do over and over again.”