What's going on, Albuquerque?

How about Coronado center before it was a Mall!!

Coronado center was like the loop which we have here in florida there was no mall and it had Coronado and statues in front!!

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Permalink Reply by judysims on March 21, 2011 at 3:01pm

What are you talking about? First there was dirt and then there was Coronado Center.

Permalink Reply by Phil_0 on March 22, 2011 at 1:09pm

I think he means when Coronado was an open-air mall, before the main area was roofed over. Way before my time...

Permalink Reply by judysims on March 22, 2011 at 1:25pm

That would have been WinRock. Coronado was built with a roof from the get-go which prompted the competition with WinRock which then roofed over their mall. It was a dog eat dog race for a few years there. It appears Coronado won. :)

Permalink Reply by Donald E. George on March 26, 2011 at 5:45pm

The original Coronado was indeed "an open -air mall' Phil O. And for a while,it didn't have anything that Winrock didn't have except maybe Sears. The Coronado and Conquistador display was[is ?] made out of rought sheet metal and is an excellent work of art. I remember it being at the southeast corner of Sears and adjacent to something like a Skaggs or Payless on the east side. Nice memories. I remember a time when the downtown merchants didn't care if you shopped with them or not. Then the whole town got up and moved east. All of the major downtown stores opened first in Nob Hill and then in Winrock and Coronado and downtown was just downtown after that.

Permalink Reply by teddy arias on March 27, 2011 at 3:35am

Oh yeah Kistler Collister was the worst if u were a nobody they would not even wait on u!!

Permalink Reply by Donald E. George on March 27, 2011 at 10:40am

And they were just as snooty when they put the store on the northeast corner of Lomas and San Mateo. But they did carry nice, up-scale merchandise. Thanks for your input. Regards.

Permalink Reply by teddy arias on March 27, 2011 at 5:10am

Was it the Fremont deli at the east end of Coronado center they had international food there and I remember Rhodes dept store it turned into Liberty House and then Mervyns< what is it now!!!

Permalink Reply by teddy arias on March 27, 2011 at 5:14am

How about Albuquerque National Bank "Thats my Bank" became Sun something then Boatmans Bank then Bof A what a worthless Bank!!

Permalink Reply by Donald E. George on March 27, 2011 at 11:02am

ANB was a class act in the early years[50s,60s] Don't know anything about them after the mergers. Their downtown bank on the northeast corner of Central and Third St. had a very nice four face clock that chimed the quater hours and struck the hours. I believe Walgreens was on the northwest corner, an upscale jewelry store on the southeast corner[Foggs?] and PayLess[?] on the southwest corner. I got a tour of downtown Albuquere in 2008 and everything was different except I did recognize the First National Bank at Third and Central and of course the Kimo at Central and Fifth St.Also the El Rey at Central and Seventh St. Regards

Permalink Reply by Donald E. George on March 27, 2011 at 1:58pm

I'm going to correct myself here and locate Albuquerque National Bank on the northeast corner of Central and Second St. The First National Bank was on the northeast corner of Central and Third St. I had my first ride in an elevator in that building and it scared the hell out of me. I climbed stairs until I finally got over my fear.

Permalink Reply by Donald E. George on March 27, 2011 at 11:10am

I remeber Rhodes because they were new to the Albuquerque area. Am I correct in saying Rhodes had two floors and an escalator? Rhodes was the anchor store on the south side. The original Coronado Center did not extend beyond Sears on the west. Sears tire store was west of the main store and fronted on Menaul.Regards

Permalink Reply by teddy arias on March 27, 2011 at 3:30pm

I think Rhodes was east facing Louisiana that was Liberty House then Mervyns.