Posted: 04.01.26 · HR66 Dispatches · Blight on Blight · Duke City 2026
Not one building.
Not one corner.
Not one bad decade.
Sixty Years!
Central Avenue — Route 66 through Albuquerque, New Mexico — shed its commercial skin block by block, decade by decade, from the moment the Interstate bypassed it in 1960... to the slow bleed that followed. Ongoing! Bleeding out now!
Motels. Diners. Local Bars. Car lots. Hardware stores. Pharmacies. Banks. Theaters. 90% Gone. Boarded. Demolished. Plowed under. Managed away. Forgotten! Blighted.
The toll is not anecdotal. It is catastrophic.
And in 2026 — Historic Route 66 Centennial year — the City wants to celebrate The Road.
The Road that was systematically, purposely abandoned.
By design.
We will document it. All of it. Every Blighted-block we can reach in April 2026. No redaction. No self-censorship. 100% independent.
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