A new gate, forcing the redirection of pedestrian traffic, is the center of debate among Old Town merchants. It was added two weeks before Balloon Fiesta. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal) We like our Old Town old. We like it charming and quaint and adobe-veneered, a nostalgic reflection of the way we were some 300 years ago, only now with indoor plumbing, asphalt parking lots and “Breaking Bad” T-shirts. Things change slowly in Old Town.