San Juan, Puerto Rico

Here is a Spreadsheet of the list of Buildings and Attractions for San Juan:

San Juan, Puerto Rico Attractions

… that will take you past all of the Buildings and Attractions included on the above spreadsheet.

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IMG_8958IMG_8979IMG_9135IMG_8976Condado Hilton Hotel views:  night, day, double rainbow, swimming pools.

IMG_8966IMG_8963To the beach, watch out !

IMG_89972.  Supreme Court Building.  NRHP.  1955-1956.  Osvaldo Toro; Miguel Ferrer. 

IMG_89983.  Hotel Normandie.  NRHP.  1938-1942.  Raul Reichard & Owner, Felix Benitez Rexach.

IMG_9003IMG_9005IMG_91125.  El Capitolio de Puerto Rico.  NRHP.  1921-1929.  Raphael Carmoega incorporating the ideas of Frank Perkins.

IMG_8982IMG_91096.  Antiguo Casino de Puerto Rico.  NRHP.  1913-1917.  Montilla and Ferrer. 

IMG_9010IMG_9014IMG_9012IMG_9008IMG_89857.  Castillo San Cristóbal.  UNESCO WHS and NRHP.  1766-1783.  Tomas O’Daly and Juan Francisco Mestre.  

IMG_9032IMG_9029IMG_9027IMG_E9026IMG_90239.  Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery.  1863.  

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IMG_8986From Top:  Blue bricks made from ballast rocks used in ships coming from Spain in the 15th through 19th centuries.  Various street scenes, cruise ships in port.

IMG_9045IMG_9043IMG_9039IMG_9035IMG_903410.  Castillo San Felipe del Morro UNESCO WHS NRHP.   1589.  Diego Ramos de Orozco.  1908 Lighthouse.  

IMG_9068IMG_906211.  Polvorin de Santa Elena.  (Powder Store)  1783.

IMG_907712.  Cuartel de Ballaja (Ballaja Barracks).  1854-1864.  1990-1993 Restored.

IMG_907213.  Casa Rosa.  1812.

IMG_9070IMG_9073IMG_9088IMG_9091Walled Old City.  circa 1635.

IMG_907514.  Casa Blanca.  (Ponce de Leon Home).  1521.

IMG_9083IMG_9079IMG_908015.  Hotel El Convento.  (1646 Carmelite Convent established).  1854-1861.  1962 Hotel opened.

IMG_9081IMG_908416.  Catedral Metropolitana de San Juan Bautista.  1540.  1917 Renovated.

IMG_908617.  Alcaldía de San Juan (City Hall).  1840.  Pedro Garcia.

IMG_9087IMG_909019.  Puerta de San Juan.  circa 1635.IMG_9101Banco Popular.  1938.  Osvaldo Toro.

IMG_910221.  Jose V. Toledo Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse.  1911-1914.  Oscar Wenderoth.  

IMG_9123IMG_9125IMG_9126Pinones – Mar Bella Beach Club.  6.5 Miles East of San Juan.

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IMG_89731.   Condado Vanderbilt Hotel.  1919.  Warren and Whitmore.  Top:  Second floor balcony.

IMG_91692.   Casa y Biblioteca de Doctora Concha Melendez Ramirez.  NHL NRHP.  circa 1930.

IMG_9167IMG_91683.  San Juan Municipal Hospital   1920.  William H. Shimmelphening.  Closed 1966.  2000 Museum of Art of Puerto Rico.

IMG_9155IMG_9154IMG_9153IMG_9152IMG_9158IMG_91564.  Rafael M. Labra High School  NRHP.  1916.  Adrian C. Findlayson.

IMG_9142IMG_9145IMG_91475.  Puerto Rico Convention Center.  2000-2005.  

IMG_91406.  Nuestra Señora de Lourdes Chapel  NRHP.  1907-1908.  Antonin Nechodoma.

IMG_E93011. Banco Popular.  204 Av. Luis Munoz Rivera.  Hato Rey financial district.

IMG_92631.  University of Puerto Rico Quadrangle NRHP.  1935.  Rafael Carmoega.

IMG_9268IMG_E92672.  Torre Franklin Delano Roosevelt NRHP.  1937.  Rafael Carmoega, William Schimmelpfenning.

IMG_9276IMG_9290IMG_E9271IMG_9298IMG_9283IMG_9280IMG_92843.  University of Puerto Rico Botanical Garden.  With Jean, 78 years young Syria, runner extraordinaire. 

IMG_9255IMG_92541.  Bacardi Distillery NRHP.  1862 established in Cuba.  1947.  Various architects.

IMG_9251IMG_92502.  Fortin San Juan de la Cruz.  UNESCO WHS & NRHP.  1630-1660.

IMG_9245IMG_9243IMG_9242Beach North of Fortin San Juan de la Cruz, view East toward Castillo San Felipe.

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1.  El Yunque National Forest.  35 miles East South East of San Juan.

IMG_9230IMG_9224IMG_E92211.  El Yunque National Forest Visitors Center.  35 miles East South East of San Juan.

IMG_9307IMG_9305Last day in San Juan.