Historic Houses of the DNA

The DNA HISTORY PROJECT
The DNA History Project began in the Fall of 2012 when the Budget Committee of the Downtown Neighborhoods Association (DNA) decided to apply for one of the Bernalillo County Neighborhood Outreach Grants. We discussed, at length, what should be included in the grant application and what the name of our project should be. The DNA HISTORY PROJECT was chosen as the project name and our grant application was submitted. We were successful in receiving one of the larger grants. For the first phase of the project we took pictures of people in front of their homes.

TECHNOLOGY AND METHODS
HISTORIC HOUSES IN THE DNA is a very 21st-century project. For the past month, I have been taking digital photos and placing the images in this book a few hours later. Years ago we would have had to take film photos, have them developed as 35mm slides or color print and then come up with a paste up. A very time consuming and expensive process.

I made extensive use of Google Maps to locate individual houses, but like most online materials it frequently proved to be inaccurate.
Acknowledgments

First of all, I want to thank Petra Morris, Senior Planner, Historic Preservation, Urban Design and Development, City of Albuquerque. Petra provided the copies of the Historic District and individual house nominations that were submitted to the NM State Office of Historic Preservation and the National Register of Historic Places. She also was one of the individuals who proofread the document. Joe McKinney gave me important information on the Watson Historic District. I also appreciate the support and help from the Budget Committee of the DNA, including Miriam Ortiz y Pino and Dick Deichel.

Chan Graham 9/26/2014