A Little to the West of University

Michelle Worley, L&LNM Blogs Abq's Central Avenue. Today, I dropped Kelsey off for her class at UNM and then explored the university area to see how A.R.T. was affecting things. It was super windy so I didn't walk. I drove and tried to take pix while stopped in traffic, which turned out to be quite often. 

I went a few blocks west of University and headed back on Central. The flashing red light on Girard and Central from a few days ago was gone and the traffic light was working again so traffic in front of UNM was moving slowly but fairly smoothly.

However, it was still too slow and I started looking for detours. I decided to cut over to Lead or Coal, whichever one goes east, and that turned out to be a mistake. They are putting in roundabouts on the back streets at the same time that Central is being slammed by construction. 

side street under construction near UNM

Some of the back streets are closed off entirely for a block or two. The sides streets on which people park are nightmares because, with everyone turning onto them to avoid Central, everything gets clogged up and two-way traffic can't happen. 
It's ridiculous and especially so when I hear that the federal money everyone is counting on to fund A.R.T. is not a done deal, that it could be denied. What happens if it is denied? 

I made my way through the maze of streets back to Stanford. By that time, it was time to pick Kelsey up. Stanford was not closed. Thank goodness someone used common sense on that one. 

The photo below is one of a building at 1303 Central that seems to have been out of business for a long long time. Does anyone know what it was and when it was operating? I googled it but only found its value and property tax amount. 

1303 Central NE

That's all I've got for today. We plan to go out again soon and pick up where we left off at Wyoming. I'm looking out my window at a rainy afternoon, unusual for New Mexico but as we always say, "We need the moisture." Enjoy it while it lasts.