2832 Palo Verde Drive NE

Where it sits, and why the name fitsCrestview Bluff is a southwest Albuquerque neighborhood west of the Rio Grande, on the ground that steps up out of the valley toward the mesa. Old Coors Drive SW runs along the western edge. Gonzales Road SW crosses the north end. Addresses here are 87105, with 87121 picking up immediately west of Old Coors. Most buyers looking at Crestview Bluff homes for sale are here for one reason: it's about as close to downtown as you can get and still find a lot that feels like the valley instead of a subdivision grid.The bluff is real, not a marketing name. From the higher streets you look across the river to the Sandias, with the West Mesa volcanoes behind you. It's a good place to watch the sun go down.The housesThis is not a master-planned anything. Crestview Bluff filled in over decades and it reads that way on the street. Postwar and mid-century frame and block houses. Later infill. Manufactured homes sitting on their own land. Now and then a newer custo...