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During that era, the area was known as "Camp Las Casas". [1] It also was Puerto Rico's first commercial air field, with the first Puerto Rican pilot, Félix Rigau Carrera, taking off on the first inter-island flight from the air field, and Aerovías Nacionales de Puerto Rico offering airline service during the 1930s. [2]
The design for Casa Aboy was the product of various architects, among them Antonin Nechodoma, a disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright.Nechodoma, who moved to Puerto Rico around 1905, used a tropical style of architecture which became popular in the island.
The Puerto Rico Department of Housing, created in 1972, [9] succeeded the Urban Renewal and Housing Corporation, or Corporación de Renovación Urbana y Vivienda (CRUV, its Spanish acronym), [10] which was created in the late 1950s to succeed the Puerto Rico Housing Authority, created by Gov. Luis Muñoz Marín and headed by Juan César Cordero ...
At the time a great deal of Puerto Rico's imports came through Danish St. Thomas. Armstrong-Toro was one of the first bankers in Puerto Rico, founder of the Banco de Ponce and the Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño. Mr. Armstrong-Toro developed an international banking network with offices in Puerto Rico, Cuba, the United States, and Denmark.
Grand Spiritual Lodge No. 1 (Spanish: Gran Logia Espiritual Número 1), also known as Casa de las Almas ('house of the souls'), is a historic building and Spiritualist meeting hall located in Santurce in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico. [1] It was designed by Luis F. Delgado and Juan Rivera Paris using a simple but elegant Neoclassical style.
The Hacienda Casa del Francés (English: Frenchman's House Estate), near Esperanza on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, also known as Sportsmen's House, was a plantation house built in 1910. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, [1] and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000. [2]
July 19, 1995 (Highway 9959, km 3, spanning Río Canóvanas: Canóvanas Pueblo and Canóvanas: Built in 1892 on the 19th century highway between Río Piedras and Río Grande, this iron and masonry bridge is the best preserved example of an Eiffel pony truss bridge in Puerto Rico or the United States.
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