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Come join the Roadrunner Emporium Historian Chris Edwards for a history lesson with a tour of the Historic New York Avenue. Chris begins the tour with a history lesson of 1900 Alamogordo and the history of 928 New York Avenue which was built as a bank in 1900, from there the tour group walks to Victoria 913 and learns of the Ghosts of New York Avenue, then we proceed to the Sands Theater built in 1928, 1100 New York, the Flickinger Center for a behind the scenes history tour, New York Art and Music and see unique art and the drum set that went on tour with Prince, then tour the Gardens of New York for a hosted lunch, then off to the historic Coke Plant converted to a private residence with millions in artwork and more, next to Otero Arts in the historic Alamogordo Womens Club of the 1930s then ending at the Tularosa Basin Museum hosted tour.
The tour has been featured in New Mexico Influence Magazine, New Mexico Magazine and showcased on numerous radio shows and newspaper articles.
Where: 928 New York Avenue Alamogordo
Saturday March 18th
Time: 1030 am to 12:30 pm
Roadrunner Emporium partners with neighbors to teach the history and culture in Alamogordo.
Class Fee is $20.00 and includes a salad or sandwhich lunch & entrance ticket to Museum.
RSVP in advance in person or by calling 7078806238.
Roadrunner Emporium Fine Arts Gallery, Antiques & More
928 New York Avenue
Alamogordo, NM 88310
United States
Who is Sharon Rardin? Please get your story straight.
PBS was relevant.
Sunny, with a high of 81 and low of 48 degrees. Sunny during the morning, clear in the afternoon and evening,
Everything in Alamogordo feels fake to me, as if it is some kind of staging ground or network, not an organic community. Since the Manhattan Project, the military has used the town that way, but then there was a hard separation between the base and the town, and maybe that’s where things went sideways.
It looks like my comment was edited.The part about low income housing being crime infested was removed.
this is a situation which is replicated in countless small communities across our nation; where a single business/mine/factory/industry, or in this case, military base, is the economic engine that powers the entire community. this creates a nervous sort of dependency, and subservient approach within the local gover
The corruption which causes reputational damage is too widespread already and is going to overflow into the public eye soon enough. There is nothing anyone, or any group can do to stop it all from coming out. It is not limited to Chamber of Commerce or MainGate, IMO. Its tentacles are choking this city.
this is not an unusual situation involving chambers of commerce - merging government with business interests is nearly as problematic as merging government with churches. either situation places minority stakeholders in positions to manipulate the public's interests.