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Now government offices, the Casino de Puerto Rico was a high society center. It was not a casino in the Las Vegas style, although there was an area for illegal gambling in the early days..
Hoy oficinas del gobierno, el Casino de Puerto Rico era un centro del alta sociedad. No era casino como los de Las Vegas, aunque habia un espacio para apuestas ilegales en los primeros años.
Señor Frog store. I suppose they sell frogs, but I didn't have time to go in to check. In Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Tienda del Señor Frog. Supongo que venden sapos, pero no tenía tiempo de entrar a averiguar. En el Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico.
La Princesa (the Princess) is a former jail built in 1837. It now houses government offices.
La Princesa es una antigua cárcel construida en 1837. Ahora alberga oficinas del gobierno.
This store, on Fortaleza St, sells only stuff made in Puerto Rico. No imported trinkets.
Esta tienda, en la calle Fortaleza, vende solo cosas hechas en Puerto Rico. Nada de baratijas importadas.
Teatro Tapia (Tapia Theater) was built in 1832 (financed by subscriptions and by taxes on bread and imported liquor) and remodeled in 1949 and 1987 is one of the oldest theaters in the Western Hemisphere, was named for Alejandro Tapia y Rivera, the famous Puerto Rican playwright.
The Caribe Hilton Hotel, located in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is one of the best-known hotels in the Caribbean. It was the first facility ever operated by Hilton Hotels outside of the continental United States.
Caribe Hilton Hotel as seen from Condado.In early 1946, as part of the Puerto Rican industrialization effort known as Operation Bootstrap, a design competition was held to select the design of a new hotel. The facility would be owned by the Puerto Rican government, but would be leased to the multinational hospitality operator that provided the better bid. The only requirements of the competition were that the hotel have 300 bedrooms, the necessary ancillary facilities, and that it would be located adjacent to the Fort San Jerónimo in Puerta de Tierra. Three architectural firms in Puerto Rico were invited: Schimmelpfennig, Ruiz y González; The Office of Henry Klumb; and Toro Ferrer y Torregrosa. Two additional firms from Florida were also invited to participate: Frederick G. Seelman from Palm Beach and Robert Swartburg from Miami. These two firms submitted designs in the style of the Spanish Renaissance, while the three firms in Puerto Rico presented modern designs inspired by the International style.
The hotel was designed by Toro-Ferrer, who also designed the Modern Movement-style Supreme Court Building in San Juan.
Excerpt from www.wikipedia.org