I live in Albuquerque, where the Alvarado is emblematic of much of our modern relationship with early 20th century history. Shortly after the Alvarado closed it

I live in Albuquerque, where the Alvarado is emblematic of much of our modern relationship with early 20th century history. Shortly after the Alvarado closed it was razed and the space was used to build a parking lot for the adjacent train station and city buildings; just a few decades later the city put up a transit center in the same place called the Alvarado and designed in the same fashion as the hotel. It features historic plaques about notable visitors to the Alvarado. Today, the Alvarado station is a major part of the state's attempt to build a viable commuter rail service (the Rail Runner). It's amusing and also rather sad to watch these attempts to bring back what we had about one hundred years ago.