David Senk, historic preservationist, discusses efforts to restore and revive the Amador Hotel in Las Cruces. He spoke with KC Counts. Here is a transcript of their conversation:

KC Counts:

For those who don't know, maybe you can give us a little trip down memory lane and tell us why this is such an important building.

David Senk:

Martin Amador was an entrepreneur, and he brought the railroad to Las Cruces. Mesilla was not interested in having the railroad, and so it really grew the city, and he was very innovative. And the Amador Hotel also had a lot of community gatherings, arts, people from all over the world came to that space.

KC Counts:

And so maybe you can give us a little bit of a picture of where we are in the process.

David Senk:

So there has been a lot of construction ha

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