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Editor’s note:
The Journal continues “What’s in a Name?,” a twice a month column in which staff writer Elaine Briseño will give a short history of how places in New Mexico got their names.
A stroll through Old Town feels like a time-traveling walk back into the late 19th century.
Old Town was the birthplace of Albuquerque, founded in 1706 by Francisco Cuervo y Valdés. It received its designation as “old” in the late 1800s when what is now Downtown Albuquerque sprung up and became “New Town.”
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The shops are old converted homes, many of which could still be mistaken for a private, late 1800s and early 1900s residence.