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AUTHOR’S NOTE

The art of walking involves a particular sense of relating to the cityscape and connecting to its natural and cultural environment on levels that cannot be reached by any other mode of transport. Walking is storytelling in motion, a narrative unfolding not in chronological order, but rather as a spacial sequence of layered events. Consider this book as a kind of bridge between specific places at the present moment and those who occupied it at various times. The purpose is not so much to guide you on specific routes but to take you off predictable paths. Like Zen labyrinths, these routes are designed to lead you into a new awareness of the urban landscape and the lives of those who pass through it. Follow the directions with that in mind. More important, follow your instinct. Feel free to drift off course in any direction that interests you. Likewise, steer clear of areas your gut tells you to avoid. Ideally, you’ll find these walks as starting points for much greater urban expeditions in a marvelous, mystifying town known as Albuquerque.