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7 Turn right on 15th St.

8 Turn left on Central Ave.

9 Turn left on Laguna Blvd., follow it to its end, and then continue straight on the walkway that crosses the ditch.

10 Turn left on the ditch trail.

11 Turn left on Alcade Pl.

12 Turn left on Kit Carson Ave.

13 Turn right on Raynolds Ave.

14 Bear right at the Y onto Gold Ave.

15 Turn right on 10th St.

16 Turn left on Silver St.

CONNECTING THE WALKS

Go one block east from Central and 8th St. to pick up ssss1. Go two blocks north from Central and 14th St. to connect with ssss1.

Huning Castle Apartments

5 DOWNTOWN TO OLD TOWN: FOLLOW THE BRASS

BOUNDARIES: Civic Plaza, Old Town Plaza

DISTANCE: 1.75 miles one way

DIFFICULTY: Easy

PARKING: Civic Plaza Parking Garage (Marquette Ave. west of 3rd St.); metered parking along Tijeras Ave. and 5th St.

PUBLIC TRANSIT: Bus 30 stops on the east side of Civic Plaza; bus 92 stops on the north side. Rail Runner Downtown Station is four blocks southeast of Civic Plaza.

In 1706 New Mexico Governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdes founded the Villa de Albuquerque on the site of what is now known as Old Town. Fast-forward to 1880: the railroad arrived about 2 miles east, encouraging commercial and residential development along its north–south tracks. The new town was called New Town and later New Albuquerque and was platted in a grid format—a pattern that sharply deviated from the plaza-oriented layout that was common to this Spanish Colonial region. Despite portents of the old-fashioned villa’s imminent demise, the two towns maintained a tenuous connection via a streetcar system and a powerful political district known as the Fourth Ward. So the villa persisted, although not without a struggle, and in 1949 the city annexed Old Town without overwhelming its original character. This walk examines their remaining differences and the prominent neighborhood that developed to fill the space between them. The route mostly follows Albuquerque’s official “Plaza to Plaza Tour,” a trail marked with brass plaques embedded in the sidewalks. The corresponding brochure is recommended for supplemental coverage of sites along the way. It’s available at visitor information centers located on both plazas.