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.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Editor’s note: The Journal continues “What’s in a Name?,” a twice a month column in which staff writer Elaine Briseño will give a short history of how places in New Mexico got their names.
An Albuquerque street blanketed by thousands of cars every year fittingly bears the name of a man who owned one of the city’s first motorized vehicles. A page in the book “Stories Behind the Street Names of Albuquerque, Santa Fe, & Taos” by Donald A. Gill displays a photo of Dr. Eligio Osuna given to the author by the family. (Courtesy University of New Mexico Digital Collection) ....
Crews construct the Montaño bridge in 1996 as cars drive along Coors Boulevard. (Dean Hanson/Albuquerque Journal) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Some of the best views the city has to offer are on Albuquerque’s West Side. The high vantage point of the mesa provides a great snapshot of the mountains, the valley and the bustling city life. Not that many generations ago, the mesa was mostly void of civilization. Tumbleweeds, coyotes, snakes, rabbits, roadrunners and sand were the main inhabitants. Drivers traveling from Central Avenue along Coors to Alameda Boulevard at night were met with darkness, which was occasionally punctuated by a glowing window inside one of the few homes. ....