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Volume 14, Number 14
July 26, 2008

culture

Also in this section:

Cool Internet sites
Sparky the Wonder Dog
Landscapes of Memory exhibition
Vitín Paz and the University of Panama Big Band
Spanish version of Alice in Wonderland
A Chorus Line
Haitian sculptor Eddy Remy
Casco Viejo architectural detail




Like the Crescent City

When New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin visited Panama City to see our port and canal developments, he noticed some of the architectural similarities between the Casco Viejo and the French Quarter of New Orleans.

A lot of the wrought iron work in the Casco Viejo was in fact imported from New Orleans.

Some of this architecture is being preserved or restored, but recently an unmaintained but ornate old balcony in the New Orleans style came crashing down at the feet of some Casco Viejo pedestrians. The resulting injury was to our national culture rather than to the bodies of those whose luck was not to be directly below.

Photo by José F. Ponce








Also in this section:

Cool Internet sites
Sparky the Wonder Dog
Landscapes of Memory exhibition
Vitín Paz and the University of Panama Big Band
Spanish version of Alice in Wonderland
A Chorus Line
Haitian sculptor Eddy Remy
Casco Viejo architectural detail


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