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Descanso Meeklow Ortega
Perusing the images later I thought perhaps defects only made it look like this descanso is for a four-year-old, so I went back for a close exam: Those dates really are 07/03/21 - 05/30/25.
Beyond that there's nothing findable online to illuminate who Meeklow was, or what happened to him or her.
What can be said is this descanso is located between a used car seller and human services center in Albuquerque, New Mexico's "War Zone" (so dubbed by first responders and locals) – which the city has tried hard to rebrand as "the International District." –And whoever placed Meeklow's descanso has been actively maintaining it and adding things, such as a stone with "I Miss You" scratched on it.
Life is rough nearby. From Central Ave north (some say further north to Lomas), west to San Mateo, south to Gibson, and east to Wyoming Blvd, the area is filled with street encampments where people nod off on sidewalks from fentanyl, surrounded by other open drug dealing, consumption and madness. Crime is the highest in town; you'll hear gunfire & sirens at night; and the exec director of Street Safe New Mexico, which has addressed sex trafficking hands-on, stated an average 40% of women living on the street here experience rape each – that's each – month, and some 60% of them have been trafficked. And it's not like it's only embattled & boarded businesses; there are residential areas throughout, including across the street from this descanso.
— Gawdknowz what happened to poor Meeklow. Maybe a childhood accident or illness that could happen anywhere. Maybe not.
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Descansos are roadside memorials of a fatality at the site, placed by family and friends. In Albuquerque they're statutorily protected from removal.
Location: North side of Zuni Road SE at Española St SE
Descanso Meeklow Ortega
Perusing the images later I thought perhaps defects only made it look like this descanso is for a four-year-old, so I went back for a close exam: Those dates really are 07/03/21 - 05/30/25.
Beyond that there's nothing findable online to illuminate who Meeklow was, or what happened to him or her.
What can be said is this descanso is located between a used car seller and human services center in Albuquerque, New Mexico's "War Zone" (so dubbed by first responders and locals) – which the city has tried hard to rebrand as "the International District." –And whoever placed Meeklow's descanso has been actively maintaining it and adding things, such as a stone with "I Miss You" scratched on it.
Life is rough nearby. From Central Ave north (some say further north to Lomas), west to San Mateo, south to Gibson, and east to Wyoming Blvd, the area is filled with street encampments where people nod off on sidewalks from fentanyl, surrounded by other open drug dealing, consumption and madness. Crime is the highest in town; you'll hear gunfire & sirens at night; and the exec director of Street Safe New Mexico, which has addressed sex trafficking hands-on, stated an average 40% of women living on the street here experience rape each – that's each – month, and some 60% of them have been trafficked. And it's not like it's only embattled & boarded businesses; there are residential areas throughout, including across the street from this descanso.
— Gawdknowz what happened to poor Meeklow. Maybe a childhood accident or illness that could happen anywhere. Maybe not.
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Descansos are roadside memorials of a fatality at the site, placed by family and friends. In Albuquerque they're statutorily protected from removal.
Location: North side of Zuni Road SE at Española St SE