Twisted roots, a weathered tree, So many hollows call to thee. But where the rock rests at the face,There you’ll find the hidden place. the prize is here.
Here you will find yourself in Beautiful Roosevelt Park. This is one of my personal favorite parks in the city, I frequently visit this place. If you are caching here, you might even catch me long boarding the perimeter of the park with my giant German Shepherd dog. I've come here Many times as a sanctuary to clear my head when getting overwhelmed by real life. I have so many memories at this park, and I hope you make some too with you visit!
Roosevelt Park (originally called Terrace Park) was built 1933-1935 during the Great Depression. It was part of the New Deal effort: funded by the Civil Works Administration (CWA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), and Works Progress Administration (WPA). The site used to be a sandy arroyo (kind of a dry creek area), and even been a garbage dump. It got transformed, graded, reshaped and landscaped. Landscape architect, C. Edmund “Bud” Hollied designed the park. More than 2,000 trees and bushes were planted with species chosen to survive the climate such as Siberian elms, junipers, catalpa, blue spruce. It was renamed Roosevelt Park in 1934 in honor of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, because the New Deal programs and his administration were central to making the park possible. Since then a long history of riots, crime and constant renovations has happened and it now remains a protected historic site: listed on the National Register of Historic Places and New Mexico State Register, an Albuquerque Historic Landmark.