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SOURCE: ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL Award-winning Albuquerque architect and entrepreneur Mark Baker has unveiled plans for the Route 66 National Research Center—a new, federally funded initiative of the University of New Mexico, which will serve as a global mecca for Route 66 scholars under the umbrella of UNM’s library system and its Center for Southwest Research. Gracing the corner of University and Central—the old Route 66—the Research Center will house an archive of documents and materials related to the storied highway, including oral histories, and will host academic conferences. As Baker’s floor plan and renderings show, it will also feature an exhibition space and a bookshop. Full Article: The Cadillac of cultural preservation: Architect Mark Baker unveils plans to convert a historic dealership into UNM’s new Route 66 research center  Architectural renderings of UNM's proposed Route 66 National Research Center, designed by Mark Baker, on the corner of Central and University in Albuquerque, New Mexico (courtesy of Baker A+D).
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