Seville in Albuquerque, NM

Seville is an early-2000s subdivision on Albuquerque's Northwest Mesa, part of the larger Paradise Hills area in the 87114 ZIP. Artistic Homes built much of it, and the plan is straightforward for its era: single-family houses on regular lots along curving residential streets. A city park of the same name sits on Burgos NW inside the neighborhood. Piedras Marcadas Canyon lies close by, where an undeveloped trail runs along the base of a basalt escarpment past one of the largest petroglyph concentrations in Petroglyph National Monument. No homeowners association governs the subdivision.

Leaving the Northwest Mesa has long meant queuing on two arterials, and the city has a fix under way. Paseo del Norte from Calle Nortena to Rainbow, and Unser Boulevard from Kimmick to Paradise, are being widened to four lanes with a median, storm drainage and a multi-use path for walking and biking. City project materials describe the corridor as a choke point that adds 30 to 45 minutes to rush-hour trips, and the work is funded through a mix of city, state and federal money.