Pete V. Domenici United States Courthouse

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Pete V. Domenici United States Courthouse
United States Courthouse Albuquerque New Mexico.jpg
The courthouse as seen from the south, on Lomas Blvd
General information
Type Courthouse
Location 333 Lomas Blvd. NW
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Coordinates 35°05′30″N106°38′58″W / 35.091681°N 106.649501°W / 35.091681; -106.649501 Coordinates: 35°05′30″N106°38′58″W / 35.091681°N 106.649501°W / 35.091681; -106.649501
Completed 1998
Cost $41 million [1]
Height
Roof 176 ft (54 m)
Technical details
Floor count 7
Floor area 311,000 square feet (28,900 m2) [1]
Lifts/elevators 10 [1]
Design and construction
Architect Flatow Moore Shaffer McCabe [1]
Main contractor Centex Construction [1]

The Pete V. Domenici United States Courthouse is a federal courthouse located in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. The building was completed in 1998 and named in honor of Senator Pete Domenici at a ceremony in 2004. [2] Since its completion it has been joined at the intersection of Fourth and Lomas by two additional courthouses, the Bernalillo County Courthouse on the southwest corner and the Metropolitan Courthouse on the northwest corner. The seven-story courthouse is 176 feet (54 m) tall, placing it tenth on the list of Albuquerque's tallest buildings.

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Planning for the courthouse began in 1993 and after some initial wrangling the city chose a two-block site north of Lomas between Third and Fourth streets. This plan was immediately embroiled in controversy because one of the blocks was the site of McClellan Park, which dated from 1919 and had housed New Mexico's Madonna of the Trail monument since 1928. Though McClellan Park had deteriorated badly by the 1990s, opponents of the courthouse maintained that the park was a historic landmark worthy of preservation. On the other hand, supporters of the courthouse, led by Mayor Martin Chavez, considered the park an eyesore that could be put to a better use as a site for new development. Eventually the city won out, and McClellan Park was bulldozed in 1996 as construction began on the courthouse. The Madonna of the Trail monument was moved to the northwest corner of the courthouse site, where it remains. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Sandlin, Scott (September 8, 1998). "The people's court". Albuquerque Journal. NM. p. C1. Retrieved May 18, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Smith, Toby (August 15, 2004). "Domenici Carved a Legacy Downtown". Albuquerque Journal. p. B1.
  3. ↑ Sanders, Jeffrey C. (2004). McClellan Park: The Life and Death of an Urban Green Space. Albuquerque: The Albuquerque Museum.
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