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Where I Live:
Huning Highland/east downtown
Favorite Thing(s) About Albuquerque:
the potential
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It's Complicated
What I'm Listening To:
Jose Gonzalez, Kaki King, Sublime...

cRiTiCaL mAsS march 7

a shot of the critical mass memorial ride for roy sekreta on March 7th.
come out on Friday may 2nd for the next Critical Mass ride. Meet at the UNM duck pond at 5pm!

Brendisimo's Blog

Albuquerque Deserves Great Streets!

If you think like I do then you'll want to come out and support the passage of the Great Streets Facility Plan. A hearing with the EPC is scheduled for this Thursday, May 8th from 3:30pm to 6:30 in the Plaza del Sol building at 2nd and Roma downtown. The Great Streets Facility Plan would help guide the design of future as well as existing streets around Albuquerque. Keeping more than just cars in mind, the plan calls for wider sidewalks, slightly narrower car lanes, more trees, more crosswalks,… Continue

Posted on May 6th, 2008 at 4:21pm — 53 Comments (Add)

The Possibilities 8

With the news that Trader Joe's is opening their second Albuquerque location in the Uptown mall, I thought it was time to really visualize a grocery downtown. Now I could go for a TJ's, a Sunflower Market (love that place), or a locally owned store like the Co-op, just as long as we get some healthy food DOWNTOWN. And I thought the empty lot on Central between 6th and 7th would be a great location. There is plenty of space, enough for parking and some residential units (gotta love the infill!).… Continue

Posted on May 2nd, 2008 at 5:10pm — 56 Comments (Add)

The Possibilities 7*

The lively discussion a couple of weeks ago concerning the re-striping of Lead and Coal was great. It seems most people supported the idea of a dedicated bike lane, but some were unconvinced that turning these streets into two-lanes (with a lane for parking) was a good one. The bottom line for me is this: we all pay taxes for roads, so why not make these streets more pedestrian friendly? If you need to zip around town in your car, use the freeway. These streets are in a residential area, and one… Continue

Posted on April 3rd, 2008 at 12:41pm — 21 Comments (Add)

The Possibilities 6.5

With the news that the city council approved the funds to start work on Lead and Coal avenues, I decided to focus the next few weeks to those two thoroughfares. In case you haven't heard, Lead and Coal will be re-striped to hold two traffic lanes, a dedicated bike lane (yay!) and a parking lane. They will both stay one way streets, but hopefully with one less travel lane, cars will travel a bit slower. I also think they could use a stoplight at Edith and a few more crosswalks. Lead and Coal migh… Continue

Posted on March 14th, 2008 at 11:30am — 19 Comments (Add)

The Possibilities 5

This site, just south of Central on Broadway, is actually two buildings. The Storehouse next door is part of the lot, but this amazing brick building is where I focused my attention. I envision some sort of art center like Harwood. It would be big enough to have art studios, a gallery, a performing arts space and maybe even a cafe. The windows are huge and would let lot's of light in. There is a parking lot across the street for visitors. The back portion of the roof is flat and could house a ro… Continue

Posted on March 8th, 2008 at 5:23pm — 21 Comments (Add)

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At 3:55pm on June 25th, 2008, Benny the Icepick said…
Welcome to the board! Please send your email and phone number to ben@bikeabq.org so I can get you on our email system!
At 10:23pm on June 18th, 2008, Barak Naggan said…
Hi Brendan,
I couldn't get the email to work...
Your stars photo is here. Please call me so we can set up a time for you to pick it up.
Thanks,
Barak
At 7:19am on June 16th, 2008, Sarah Anonymous said…
ill let you know what's going on, then maybe you can tell me who to talk to
At 11:35am on June 13th, 2008, ABQDWELL said…
Hey Brendisimo,

ABQ Dwell here. I have a good photo for a possible "Possibilities" piece.

This is up by the Tram, near the County Line Restaurant, and right in front of the Outpost Ice Arena. It's also just steps from the popular bike trail that parallels Tramway. My wife had the great suggestion of a combined coffee shop/bike shop. Any interest in creating?
At 1:06pm on June 10th, 2008, Chroma Studios said…
Hey Brendisimo!
Thanks so much for coming out to our opening on Friday night! It was great seeing you again and we all appreciate the support for Chroma Studios!
Peace,
Paula :)
At 4:31pm on May 12th, 2008, Sarah Anonymous said…
im going to keep hitting you with ideas, 'cause your execution is so much better than mine. So, for downtown to achieve more residential population, and also for it to be safer/mellower it is going to have to become more family friendly. I think the possibilites needs to include some fenced off/ some other type of controlled access playgrounds. A rooftop playground perhaps? With a bird watching area? hawks? It could be awesome! Also (I haaaaaaaate to say this) something like Itz or Chuck E Cheese.
At 8:13am on May 11th, 2008, Sarah Anonymous said…
Bredisimo- recent discussion about the shitiness of the balloon fiesta museum made me wonder- what else could be done with that monstrosity? The biggest problem is that making it usefull for anything remotely attractive/interesting would necesitate driving all the way out there. But I think it would make a nice destination hotel. http://www.balloonmuseum.com/balloonmuseum.shtml
At 9:55pm on April 30th, 2008, Will said…
Sweet I'll be there. About how long do y'all ride for?
At 2:18pm on April 27th, 2008, Will said…
Hello, yeah I was thinking about blogging about it. I also want to take a video camera with me and make some sort of documentary (something I've never done before) about my experience an I also wanted to interview people along the way and ask them what they thing about how things are going in this country.
At 11:01am on April 27th, 2008, Laura said…
hey there -- thanks for mentioning the critical mass event this Friday. Maybe you could post some more info about on the Abq Progressives group? There are a lot of members, but not much activity.
 
 

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