Rising tower of light green paint and glass brick, of 1942 laundry building.

One of its murals shows an Ameripride linen delivery truck, driving away from us forever.

 

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In downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, on May 25th, 2009, the Excelsior Laundry Company Building, built in 1942 and later known as the American Linen Supply Building and the Ameripride Building, on the east side of 2nd Street Southwest, south of Roma Avenue Northwest.

 

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:

• Albuquerque (7013267)

• Bernalillo (county) (2001428)

 

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:

• glass block (300374977)

• green (color) (300128438)

• laundries (businesses) (300005153)

• light green (300128475)

• mural paintings (visual works) (300033644)

• Streamlined Moderne (300253564)

• towers (building divisions) (300003615)

 

Wikidata items:

• 25 May 2009 (Q12966017)

• 1940s in architecture (Q60996001)

• 1942 in architecture (Q2721183)

• AmeriPride Services (Q4742484)

• Central New Mexico (Q5061505)

• Downtown Albuquerque (Q5303346)

• May 25 (Q2585)

• May 2009 (Q236764)

 

Library of Congress Subject Headings:

• Commercial buildings—New Mexico (sh2018000485)

• Laundry in art (sh85075071)

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