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Postcard showing the former Escambrón Beach Club swimming pool circa 1950. El Escambrón Beach (Spanish: Balneario del Escambrón) is a public-access beach located in the San Juan Antiguo sub-district (subbarrio) of Puerta de Tierra, next to the Luis Muñoz Rivera Park in San Juan, Puerto Rico. [1]
Ocean Park Beach (Spanish: Playa de Ocean Park) is a large public-access beach located in Ocean Park, a neighborhood of the barrio (district) of Santurce in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The beach used to be known as Último Trolley Beach ( Playa del Último Trolley ), since it was the site of the San Juan–Condado streetcar line terminal.
Condado Beach is located along the Atlantic coast of the San Juan barrio (district) of Santurce. The beach is named after Condado, itself a constituting subbarrio (sector) of Santurce, found directly to the east of the Islet of San Juan. The beach itself extends from La Ventana al Mar Park on Ashford Avenue in the west to Punta Piedrita in the ...
September 22, 1977 (1 Ponce de León Ave. San Juan Antiguo: Beaux Arts casino building from 1917, used as an officers' club, music school, cultural headquarters, reception hall and event venue by the United States Army and the government of Puerto Rico throughout its history.
Before the arrival of the Europeans to Puerto Rico, Puerta de Tierra (along with Old San Juan) formed part of a smaller islet which was populated by the Taíno.Remains of a small indigenous fishing village have been found where the Puerto Rico National Guard Museum stands today, however most archaeological sites in the area have been destroyed and lost during the construction of the Muñoz ...
San Juan Islet (Spanish: Isleta de San Juan) is a 3-square-mile (7.8 km 2) islet or small island on San Juan Bay in the Atlantic coast of northern Puerto Rico.Home to Old San Juan, it is the site of the oldest permanent European settlement in Puerto Rico (1521), and the second-oldest European settlement in the West Indies after Santo Domingo (1496).
Castillo de San Cristóbal located at the northeast corner of the defensive wall system that encircles Old San Juan, it was built to provide protection against land and maritime attacks. El Cañuelo located in Isla de Cabras in the modern-day municipality of Toa Baja across from El Morro, it was built to control the maritime access into the Bay ...
San Juan Antiguo has 7 subbarrios. In 2020, San Juan Antiguo had a population of 6,383 inhabitants and a population density of 2,400 people per km 2. [2] San Juan Antiguo is entirely located within the Isleta de San Juan, the islet off the coast of Puerto Rico where Old San Juan was settled, connected to the mainland by bridges and a causeway.