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Santa Fe Plaza: why the plaza remains the center of the city plan
Santa Fe’s central plaza records changing governments, trade routes and ideas about what the city should look like.
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Explore the neighborhoods, public spaces and buildings of Santa Fe through 7 articles.
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Palace of the Governors: reading a long adobe facade and its many uses
The long, low palace is a record of government, occupation and restoration, rather than a single frozen architectural moment.
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Canyon Road Santa Fe: a neighborhood street and an art destination
Canyon Road’s gallery life occupies a street whose domestic scale and older properties remain central to its character.
Santa Fe Railyard Farmers Market: a working market within a reused railway district
The market connects the Railyard with farms across northern New Mexico, rather than simply filling an attractive hall.
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Santa Fe River Park: following a river landscape through the city
The Santa Fe River is both an urban landscape and part of a managed mountain-to-city water system.
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San Miguel Chapel Santa Fe: reading age, rebuilding and interpretation together
San Miguel’s age is best understood through a sequence of repairs, rebuilding and continuing religious use.
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Santa Fe Railyard: how railway land became a mixed urban district
The Railyard combines active transport, reused industrial land and public space secured through a long community planning process.