View Of Gold Avenue - Albuquerque NM
N 35° 04.986 W 106° 38.928
13S E 349689 N 3883501
This informative plaque is mounted to the Pizza 9 building at the corner of 1st & Gold, directly across the street from the Alvarado Transportation Center.
Waymark Code: WMMAPY
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 08/23/2014
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THIS VIEW OF GOLD AVENUE, LOOKING WEST FROM FIRST
STREET, WAS TAKEN ABOUT 1890 DURING THE NEW MEXICO
TERRITORIAL FAIR PARADE. GOLD AVENUE WAS THE FINANCIAL,
PROFESSIONAL, AND GOVERNMENTAL CENTER OF DOWNTOWN
ALBUQUERQUE. THE DOMED BUILDING AT THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF GOLD AND SECOND WAS THE CENTRAL BANK. THE
MONTEZUMA TRUST AND ALBUQUERQUE NATIONAL BANK
BUILDINGS WERE ALSO LOCATED AT GOLD AND SECOND. THE
INTERSECTION WAS KNOWN AS "BANKERS' CORNER". OTHER
IMPORTANT BUILDINGS ALONG GOLD AVENUE WERE THE SAN
FELIPE HOTEL (1881) AND THE COMMERCIAL CLUB (1892).
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