{"id":1524,"date":"2014-03-26T11:10:22","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T17:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/?p=1524"},"modified":"2014-03-26T14:45:20","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T20:45:20","slug":"the-state-bar-albuquerque-journal-center-green-space-is-gorgeous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/?p=1524","title":{"rendered":"The State Bar Albuquerque Journal Center green space is gorgeous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has taken me years to finally visit this area I have driven by countless times. This pleasant spring afternoon, people walked among the buildings and played frisbee over the arroyo, while a class of young students sat in grass under a spreading tree.The landscaping and surrounding architecture make this a fabulous walk in the middle of the city with amazing views of the Sandias. This is also a birding hotspot, though not on the occasion of my first visit.<\/p>\n<p>I applaud the architects, planners, and builders for this area. However, it was a terrible mistake to allow the AC systems on the back of the building adjacent to this space &#8212; those should be on the roof. This adds unnecessary noise to an area that already suffers from the adjacent Interstate. (Perhaps this should be a requirement of zoning codes.) The smoking area behind one of these building should also be moved &#8212; gag, people, take a walk and stop killing yourselves and the rest of us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/binged.it\/P1rqEd\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"select for Bing Mag\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"select for Bing Mag\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/journal-center-map.jpg\" width=\"644\" height=\"354\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1drv.ms\/1p6J06L\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"lots of great reflections in this area\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"lots of great reflections in this area\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSCF1233.jpg\" width=\"644\" height=\"364\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1drv.ms\/1p6J06L\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"North Pino arroyo\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"North Pino arroyo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSCF1234_thumb.jpg\" width=\"644\" height=\"364\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSCF1235.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"one of MR's favorite buildings in Abq\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"one of MR's favorite buildings in Abq\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSCF1235_thumb.jpg\" width=\"644\" height=\"364\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1drv.ms\/1p6J06L\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Journal Center green space\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Journal Center green space\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSCF1242_thumb.jpg\" width=\"644\" height=\"364\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1drv.ms\/1p6J06L\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Journal Center green space\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Journal Center green space\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSCF1243_thumb.jpg\" width=\"644\" height=\"364\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1drv.ms\/1p6J06L\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Journal Center green space\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Journal Center green space\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSCF1245_thumb.jpg\" width=\"644\" height=\"364\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1drv.ms\/1p6J06L\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Journal Center green space\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Journal Center green space\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSCF1246_thumb.jpg\" width=\"246\" height=\"484\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1drv.ms\/1p6J06L\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"real and reflected trees are wonderful, plus I like that one can see all the way through to the other side of the building\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"real and reflected trees are wonderful, plus I like that one can see all the way through to the other side of the building\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSCF1248_thumb.jpg\" width=\"515\" height=\"484\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1drv.ms\/1p6J06L\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"lots of bold colors inthe area to contrast with the very soothing green\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"lots of bold colors inthe area to contrast with the very soothing green\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSCF1249_thumb.jpg\" width=\"644\" height=\"465\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1drv.ms\/1p6J06L\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Journal Center green space\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Journal Center green space\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSCF1251_thumb.jpg\" width=\"644\" height=\"364\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/1drv.ms\/1p6J06L\" title=\"Journal Center open space album\">all 11 photos <\/a>in album format.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has taken me years to finally visit this area I have driven by countless times. This pleasant spring afternoon, people walked among the buildings and played frisbee over the arroyo, while a class of young students sat in grass under a spreading tree.The landscaping and surrounding architecture make this a fabulous walk in the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/?p=1524\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The State Bar Albuquerque Journal Center green space is gorgeous<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,11,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-albuquerque","category-daytrips","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}