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In 1973, the La Concha Hotel was united with the adjacent Condado Beach Hotel into one hotel, known as the Hyatt Puerto Rico. [5] In 1976, [ 6 ] management of the complex was taken over by Hilton International [ 7 ] and the resort was renamed the Condado Beach La Concha Convention Center , with a huge convention wing built between the two ...
La Ventana al Mar (English: The Window to the Sea) on Avenida Ashford in the district of Condado, of San Juan, Puerto Rico is a large public space built in 2004 fronting the Atlantic Ocean. The park is flanked by two of Condado's landmark hotels: to the west by the Condado Vanderbilt Hotel (1919), designed by Warren and Whitmore, and to the ...
Immediately north of the obelisk is the outdoors acoustic amphitheater known as La Concha Acústica (English: The Acoustic Shell) which completes the park as a triangular city block. La Concha Acústica is an open-air auditorium oftentimes used as a music venue, including presentations by the Ponce Municipal Band. [3]
Caribe Hilton Hotel as seen from Condado. Toro y Ferrer was an architectural firm and one of the principal exponents of Puerto Rico's tropical modernism.Founded in 1945 by Osvaldo Toro FAIA (1914–1995), Miguel Ferrer FAIA (1914–2005) and Luis Torregrosa Casellas, the firm designed some of Puerto Rico's most significant modern landmarks.
La Concha may refer to: La Concha Renaissance San Juan Resort, in Puerto Rico; La Concha Motel, a former motel on the Las Vegas Strip, Nevada, United States; Beach of La Concha and La Concha Bay, in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain; La Concha Beach Club, in Havana, Cuba
Concha Acústica de Ponce (English: Ponce Acoustic Shell) is an open-air music and performing arts amphitheater venue in Barrio Cuarto, Ponce, Puerto Rico, owned and managed by the Ponce Municipal Government. It is located on the grounds of Parque de la Abolición. The open-air auditorium-amphitheater is used primarily for cultural events.
The 1950s-60s era saw another boom in Condado, with the rapid industrialization of Puerto Rico, this flamboyant locale was becoming a popular tourist destination. Large hotels like the Caribe Hilton Hotel and La Concha Resort were built as part of a government sponsorship program under the Operation Bootstrap brand.
The La Concha Hotel wing closed in 1995 and the state-owned hotel was known in its final years as The Condado Beach Hotel & Casino, before the entire complex closed on June 30, 1997, [22] as it was losing $7 million a year. [23] The properties sat vacant for many years, and the La Concha and Condado Beach Hotels were finally severed in 2004.