In the heart of downtown Santa Fe’s South Capitol district, a Mad Scientist is stirring a cauldron of mind-spurring experiments and impressionable young minds to create a new generation of revolutionary thinkers. At least that’s her hope. Once a week, age-clustered groups of students gather to build electric motors, dissect plants, peer at small things […]
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Emerging artist Phillip Vigil lands new home at downtown Santa Fe Gallery
Phillip Vigil swept into our lives last Spring via Facebook. Focused and prolific, Phillip has been a one-man band of production and promotion, furiously churning out work all the while gathering its audience. Less than a year later–three years since he began his career in earnest, he has scored the big score: a new home […]
Barrio La Canada, Santa Fe: more neighborhood details
Following on the heels of my previous post, Santa Fe Neighborhood Quick Sketch: Barrio La Canada, this post offers more nuts-and-bolts information on the Barrio La Canada neighborhood in downtown Santa Fe: The local elementary school is the once struggling Larragoite STEMM, now a magnet school, which has partnered with the University of New Mexico, […]
Santa Fe Neighborhood Quick Sketch: Barrio La Canada
Location, community, possibility–that’s my REALTOR’S gut take on Barrio La Canada: a neighborhood I can’t claim to know, but plan to discover. I sense that Barrio la Canada is a good, longterm bet for a home purchase in greater downtown Santa Fe, and here’s why: It’s quiet, but not without activity. Its park, The John […]
Santa Fe Neighborhoods: Casa Alegre
Casa Alegre is another great downtown Santa Fe neighborhood. Located a little over 2.5 miles from the Plaza, this residential oasis strikes a winning balance between access to the action and serene removal. Even though it’s bounded on the south by Cerrillos, one of the city’s major commercial arteries, Casa Alegre is a relatively quiet neighborhood […]
