HGTV, the popular cable television network covering the spectrum of matters pertaining to home and garden, offers up its take on where to live in the City Different. This quick sketch guide to a few of Santa Fe’s distinctive and desirable neighborhoods includes the downtown areas of Canyon Road, Museum Hill, and South Capitol plus […]
Santa Fe Neighborhoods
Santa Fe’s Upper Canyon Road
Take a tour of Santa Fe’s Upper Canyon Road. A mile and a half east of The Plaza, by Christo Rey Parish Church, Canyon Road makes a radical shift in culture and character. Canyon Road, the fabled arts district, is a gently bustling stretch of galleries and restaurants. Cross Camino Cabra and Canyon becomes Upper Canyon: a […]
Neighborhood Quick Sketch: Santa Fe’s Historic Eastside
Authentic old adobes on winding dirt roads, mature trees, bountiful gardens and seasonal water from the acequia or Santa Fe River: this is Santa Fe’s Eastside. A mesh of grand estates, modest adobes, condos, and galleries, the Eastside is a comparatively pastoral, tranquil slice of Santa Fe, walking distance from the cultural bounty of the […]
Santa Fe’s Historic Eastside: Acequia Madre
An iconic street on Santa Fe’s Historic Eastside, Acequia Madre takes its name from the old irrigation ditch that runs beside it. Acequia Madre, which means “Mother Ditch,” suggests something rough and elemental: a primordial slash in the earth from which life springs. Yet Acequia Madre is one of the priciest streets in Santa Fe. […]
Santa Fe Neighborhood Quick Sketch: South Capitol
Rail traffic and an expanding middle class fueled the development of South Capitol in the early twentieth century. A rich and appealing collection of single family homes, condos, and small compounds, South Capitol charms with its architectural diversity. Craftsman bungalows intermingle with Pueblo Revivals, Victorians and Territorials. Construction materials run the Santa Fe gamut: adobe, […]
