A man killed: Drugs, murder, and indie rock at the Broadway Food Market
Anyone who spends much time driving on South Broadway has probably noticed the festive-looking red, white, and green building at Broadway and Coal. It's an old corner grocery store, standing at the foot of the Coal viaduct like a relic from another time. In 1982, when it was still the Broadway Food Market, the Albuquerque Journal described the experience of stepping inside in the same way: "like going back in time". 1 But this is not just the story of a quaint old building. It’s a story of hard work, tragedy, and one family's American dream, along with a couple of pretty surprising pop culture connections. Author’s photo, 2006. To trace the origins of the building, we need to go all the way back to around 1900, when a young immigrant named Ferdinando "Fred" Tagliaferro (1884-1928) 2 arrived in Albuquerque from the city of Campobasso in southern Italy. 1 He started a career as a shoemaker, and by 1910 was listed in the census as owning his own shop...