Much a-brew about nothing: The curious history of Tower Plaza
Downtown at the corner of Second and Marquette, you'll find a strange looking building. It has a two-story base, a 67-foot windowless tower, and a tall antenna on top, and is currently painted bright purple with a floral design. It's eye-catching, for sure, but what is it? The name, Tower Plaza, doesn't offer many clues. If you guessed it's an apartment building, that’s a strange guess, because it doesn't look anything like an apartment building, but you'd be right. It has had a lot of other lives before becoming an apartment building, though. The building's whole history spans nearly 100 years and includes everything from Nazis to (indirectly) Elvis, so you know it's going to be a wild ride. Tower Plaza building, c. 2018. Via Realtor.com . Our story starts in 1922, when a guy named Moses R. Buchanan (1885-1965) 1 came to Albuquerque from El Paso to start the Albuquerque Ice Company. 2 In January, 1923, the company started building "the mos...