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About Duke City Legends
This is a Burque culture magazine. Lowriding, ink, music, streetwear — the kitchen and the tap. We love our city.
The crest is our mark. Gold and silver letters, a plain red stone. It is not the state flag, and it is not anyone else’s symbol.
If you live here, this is your city. If you’re visiting, pull up — we’re proud, and we share.
The name is the city’s — Duke City, after the duke who never came, kept by the people who stayed. We call it Burque. Editor Alfred Ballejos started this in 2026 for builders, cruisers, and anybody who loves the street. Write dukecitylegends@gmail.com. The site that opens is dukecitylive.com. dukecitylegends.com is the name. It is not hooked up yet, so it will not open.
We’re a magazine, not a bureau. If you got a car, a song, a wall, a bench, a tattoo, a Sunday — or you just want to see how Burque does it — we want you.
A short timeline
How we got this name
1706
Villa founded
Cuervo y Valdés names the settlement for the Duke of Alburquerque.
1880
The railroad arrives
New Town grows east of Old Town. The city’s second heart starts beating.
1926
Route 66
Central becomes a national street. Neon — and later, the cruise — follows.
1927
KiMo opens
A live room downtown that still has not quit.
2018
Cruise ban lifted
The street is a show again.
2026
Duke City Legends
A Burque magazine. Lowriding, ink, music, streetwear, the kitchen and the tap.
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