Altura Park in Albuquerque, NM

Altura Park is a compact residential neighborhood in Albuquerque's Northeast Heights, bounded by Indian School Road on the north, Constitution Avenue on the south, Washington Street on the east and Morningside Drive on the west. It grew up around the seven-acre city park that gives it its name, land the Keleher and Coe families granted to Albuquerque in the 1950s; the first houses went up along Hannett before the streets were paved. Rows of Siberian elms planted under Mayor Clyde Tingley still shade the park, which holds tennis courts, a playground, picnic tables and a half-mile walking loop.

The association that carries the neighborhood's name is voluntary and city-recognized rather than a homeowners association, so membership and dues are optional. An elected board serves staggered two-year terms, committees handle the park, events, safety, membership and elections, and members gather once a year, each September, in the park.

Tennis courts were written into the original deed for the park land and are still there; the playground dates to the 1990s and is queued for replacement, and the courts were resurfaced in 2024 along with nine new trees and a pollinator garden. An ABQ Ride route stops along the park's Washington Street edge, where parking is on-street.