The Streets and Vehicles of Albuquerque, NM in 1983

[bob4analog]

Thanks so much for posting this. Brought back some great memories of Abq in days gone by.

[boobybella]

this is very interesting. I seem to remember gas being less than a dollar back in the 80's, but I could be wrong. I remember skaggs alpha beta though

[DregWestland]

Wow. I've been looking for this kind of thing for years. Skagg's Alpha Beta. The gas station at Wyoming and Comanche; the bank at Wyoming at Montgomery. Not just M Plaza, but Bogart's! (I never went there - I was 16 in '83, and a Junior at Sandia.) More like this! I have postcards of Coronado Mall when it was open-air, and of yellow Suntran buses; I've thought of starting an Albuquerque history website just for stuff like this. Bravo!

[frontierjetrio]

AHHHHHH....I was at SY Jackson Elementary School when you shot this...just before I moved to Denver. I miss the Albuquerque of these years...Montgomery Plaza, Pargin Realty, Winrock, Skaggs Alpha Beta, Wallys off of Wyoming and and of course Furrs!!!!

[chromalusion]

cool

[kellybob1966]

I had left Albuquerque four years earlier in 1979, and moved to McPherson, Kansas.

I would make several visits here until I moved back in 1992. It's an awesome video. It's much different now almost three decades later. God I miss the '80s.

Thanks for the memories.

[guitarzero]

I was a freshman at Sandia High in 1983.

[g1dget79]

Thanks for posting. I was 3 when you recorded this video. It's rare for me to see how Albuquerque looked when I was a child. Things sure seem a lot more refined these days. I remember those big "M" Montgomery Plaza signs and the Skaggs Alpha Beta. Several years ago, I used to work at the Ross Plaza next door to the former Skaggs.  I didn't notice the Ross in your video, but I think it was built in '85. Anyway, thanks for the drive down memory lane.

[Albuquerque5000]

Cool Video! It's interesting to see what Albuquerque looked like back then.

[hamtrak]

I want me sum a dat 1.04 gas!

[dongendongen]

'83 sucks, but the music was GREAT (81-82-83-84). Beer was Fl. 1,50 ! Wow!

[miyan12]

Wow, Gasoline a $1.04 a gallon! Man I miss the early 80's. Great songs,so in love with my 1st love Juliette, I miss you Jul...wish we were both back in 83 again....