Avenida Duarte: Then & Now

[Porfio_Rubirosa]

If "before" means, say, 2000, and "after" means now, then I vote for now. But if "before" means 1960, then I vote for 1960.

La Duarte was originally built up - post San Zenon - in the 1930s and 40s. It was a treasure trove of tropical deco. You could see a lot of this, though in dilapidated state, through the 1980s. It's almost all gone now, and I miss it.

I'm thrilled, though, with the restoration of Parque Enriquillo. It's condition had become a national shame.

[elton]

It looks like things are being beautified slowly-they seem to have designed plenty of shade in the gardens, unlike the park in puerto plata, which is only usable at night.

[Hipocrito Mejia]

Forget the park, that chica in the picture looks mighty fine! At least from the back!

[Yachtmaster]

Originally Posted by Hipocrito Mejia

Forget the park, that chica in the picture looks mighty fine! At least from the back!

My thoughts exactly!!

[Ogre of the Caribbean]

Originally Posted by Porfio_Rubirosa

If "before" means, say, 2000, and "after" means now, then I vote for now. But if "before" means 1960, then I vote for 1960.

La Duarte was originally built up - post San Zenon - in the 1930s and 40s. It was a treasure trove of tropical deco. You could see a lot of this, though in dilapidated state, through the 1980s. It's almost all gone now, and I miss it.

I'm thrilled, though, with the restoration of Parque Enriquillo. It's condition had become a national shame.

I agree. I think many parts of the DR looked much better in 1960 than today. It's a reall pity more efforts were not made to preserve historic structures.

Even Juan Tomas Diaz's house was torn down a couple of years ago; that's the place where Trujillo's corpse was discovered by the SIM. It is also the where the plotters planned parts of the assassination; often their conversations were masked by the sound produced by the screening of films. Even a member of the Diaz family remarked to me that it should have been turned into a museum, or at the very least preserved.

I suppose this is what some would describe as "progress".

[NALs]

Originally Posted by Ogre of the Caribbean

I agree. I think many parts of the DR looked much better in 1960 than today. It's a reall pity more efforts were not made to preserve historic structures.

Even Juan Tomas Diaz's house was torn down a couple of years ago; that's the place where Trujillo's corpse was discovered by the SIM. It is also the where the plotters planned parts of the assassination; often their conversations were masked by the sound produced by the screening of films. Even a member of the Diaz family remarked to me that it should have been turned into a museum, or at the very least preserved.

I suppose this is what some would describe as "progress".

It was a pity. They certainly are doing a much better job at preserving historical edifices compared to how it used to be, but much has been lost.

-NALs