Читать книгу Walking Albuquerque. 30 Tours of the Duke City's Historic Neighborhoods, Ditch Trails, Urban Nature, and Public Art онлайн

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 Start on the northeast corner of Silver and 8th. The former Southern Union Gas Company of New Mexico building was designed in the 1950s by quintessential Southwest architect John Gaw Meem, famed for concocting the “Sante Fe style” from a heady mix of Pueblo and Spanish Colonial architecture with a dash of modernism. Since 2005 the building has housed Flying Star Cafe, an extraordinarily popular local franchise. If you can’t get a seat, get a couple of sandwiches to go for picnicking later on. As the bakery smell suggests, the pastries here are also phenomenal.Across the street to the west is a relatively new development of four-story buildings with a classic live-work design. The sidewalk level accommodates office and retail space, while the upper floors are residential apartments.

 Head north toward Central. Eller Apartments front the block north of Gold Ave. They were designed by Henry Trost for Dr. Charles Eller in 1922. Just ahead are the back sides of two more historic structures. The smaller yet stately one on the right is the John Pearce House. On the left is the Skinner Building, longtime home to a popular Italian restaurant, Villa di Capo, or simply Capo’s. Designed by former cabinetmaker A. W. Boehning and built in 1931 as a grocery store, the Art Deco building has been altered over the years, yet still retains many original features, such as the terra-cotta tile façade, green and black opalescent glass detailing, and, inside, a pressed metal ceiling.