Jct. of Coal and Spruce Aves., SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico. County/parish: Bernalillo.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 22, 1996. NRIS 96001384.
1 contributing site.Also known as:
Roosevelt Park is a historic park in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is listed on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties and the National Register of Historic Places, and is a protected Albuquerque Historic Landmark. The park was built between 1933 and 1935 by manual laborers employed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs, turning a sandy arroyo filled with garbage into a rolling, grassy landscape planted with over 2,000 trees and bushes. It has long been one of the city's most popular gathering and recreation areas, although it also developed a reputation as a dangerous area beginning in the 1960s. The park received a major renovation in 2006–7.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77845953