Roosevelt Park, Historic urban park in Albuquerque, United States.
Roosevelt Park is a 14-acre park south of Coal Avenue between Spruce and Maple Streets in Albuquerque. Its irregular terrain, with hollows about 50 feet below the surrounding streets, is shaded by Siberian elms up to 80 feet tall, along with juniper, blue spruce, and catalpa. A paved drive no longer open to traffic surrounds the southern part, and amenities include a playground and disc golf course.
Roosevelt Park was built between 1933 and 1935 on a sandy arroyo previously used as a landfill, on land assembled by City Commission chairman Clyde Tingley from a donated block of the Terrace Addition and a parcel owned by Albuquerque Public Schools. Crews of up to 300 local men, paid through the CWA, FERA and WPA, reshaped the site with shovels and wheelbarrows for about $120,000. Landscape architect C. Edmund "Bud" Hollied designed the undulating grounds; the park was first called Terrace Park and was renamed for Roosevelt in 1934.
This space serves as a gathering place for nearby neighborhoods, supporting disc golf games, children's play, and seasonal community activities. Residents use it regularly as part of their everyday outdoor life.
The park is centrally located in Albuquerque and easy to reach on foot for neighborhood visitors. The gently sloping terrain requires moderate effort when walking, but the paths work well for a casual daytime visit.
The park's rolling terrain was shaped by hand using shovels and wheelbarrows under a landscape architect's guidance. This manual creation of the hills through simple tools remains a little-known aspect of the site's character.
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