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It remains as a beautiful reminder of the history of theater and arts of the early 20th century in Puerto Rico. Its stage and auditorium were renamed as Lucy Boscana Hall in December 2008, in tribute to the Mayagüez-born actress and teacher. Maymón named the Teatro Yagüez: La Catedral Del Arte Sonoro. (The Cathedral of Sonorous Art), a ...
The Centro Cultural Baudilio Vega Berríos is a cultural center located in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.Located in the heart of the city, aside the City Hall and the Teatro Yagüez, extending between Candelaria Street (former McKinley) at front to the Ernesto Ramos Antonini Street (former Eleven of August) at back.
Eugenio María de Hostos Airport used to be the main air gateway to the western region of Puerto Rico, until Rafael Hernández Airport in Aguadilla took over that position. The airport was served during the 1960s from San Juan by Caribair , and then, rather heavily, by the Puerto Rican national air carrier , Prinair , during the 1970s and early ...
Calle de la Candelaria (Candelaria Street, formerly McKinley Street) is the parallel street aside the Calle Méndez Vigo in the western Puerto Rico municipality of Mayagüez. It has a length of about 1.20 miles. The street is oriented west–east with traffic running one-way eastbound.
The Teatro was later rebuilt and remodeled twice; it is now Mayagüez's municipal theater. Mayaguez's Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria cathedral, 2005 The city's main Roman Catholic church, Our Lady of the Candelaria (plot consecrated on 21 August 1760, first masonry building erected in 1780, current church originally built in 1836) was rebuilt ...
The intersection with San Vicente Street marks the southern end of the historical downtown zone and the entrance to a zone of low-density commercial zone with old warehouses, the former Teatro San José, the intersection with Nenadich Street next to Centro Gubernamental and the entrances to Buena Vista and Colombia sectors, the Asilo de Ancianos, the Municipal Sport and Recreation Department ...
1874 - Biblioteca Popular de Mayagüez (public library) [7] and Circulo de Amigos [8] founded. 1883 - Population: 26,705 in ayuntamiento (city); 123,583 in departamento (province). [9] 1893 - Sociedad Anónima Tranvía de Mayagüez (transit entity) active (approximate date). [3] 1894 Escuela Libre de Música (music school) founded. [citation ...
The Abraham Chavez Theatre is named after Maestro Abraham Chavez, who was the longtime conductor of the El Paso Symphony. It was built in the early 1970s, with the framework of the curved structure of the theatre visible under construction in scenes shot at the nearby Laughlin Hotel ( since demolished ) in the 1972 Steve McQueen film The Getaway .