NM Route 66 Series - North Fourth Street: Albuquerque's Original Route 66 by Joseph Sabatini

Name: NM Route 66 Series - North Fourth Street: Albuquerque's Original Route 66 by Joseph Sabatini
Start: 2026-03-28
End: 2026-03-28
Location: Central & Unser - Patrick J Baca Library

Presented By: Historic Albuquerque Inc.
Dates: March 28, 2026
Location: Central & Unser - Patrick J Baca Library
8081 Central Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM 87121
Email: rt66nm100@gmail.com
Phone: (505) 768-4320
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Price: FREE
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Overview

Retired librarian Joe Sabatini will present an illustrated history of Fourth Street, which served as the first Albuquerque alignment of Route 66 from 1926 to 1937. He describes its evolution as a city street, a federal highway, a suburban commercial strip and a redeveloping urban transit corridor. He uses maps, postcards, photographs and Albuquerque Progress magazine issues to celebrate “the most beautiful ugly street in the world.”

Historic Albuquerque, along with three other historic preservation groups, are putting on the New Mexico Route 66 Centennial Speaker Series. The presentations will be provided free to the public on the 4th Saturday of each month in 2026 (except December) from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm at 12 different locations simultaneously. Most of these locations on along the Mother Road.

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