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Officials Posing Next to a Garbage Truck

Government officials posing next to a garbage truck. They are standing behind a pile of garbage. In the background, the San Juan bay and its urban panorama can be seen.

Moving to Luis Lloréns Torres Public Housing

Moving trucks parked in front of Luis Lloréns Torres government housing project. Three upper floors of one of the buildings, windows, and part of cantilevered balconies can be seen. In front of the building, there is a row of palm trees. There are both adults and children aboard the trucks and persons walking on the sidewalk.

San Juan Slaughterhouse

Old slaughterhouse in Old San Juan. It is an "L" shaped building with windows and doors with arches and a cornice, which is built very close to the shore of the Atlantic Ocean. The path leading to the building can be seen as well as various cows, a cart, and some people around it. On one side, there is a shed and a wooden house. In the background, walls and a sentry box can be seen.

"El Fanguito"

View of a community known as "El Fanguito" in the town of San Juan. In the foreground, a body of water can be seen surrounded by a fence made of metal bars and wood. There are several wooden houses on stilts and wooden entrance stairs. The roofs are hipped and made of zinc. The residences have double wooden windows and single doors. Some houses have a small balcony with wooden balustrades. Wooden dividing fences and clotheslines are visible.

Aerial View of Martín Peña Canal and Slums

Aerial view of Caño Martín Peña in the town of San Juan. In the image paved streets, houses, slums, vehicular bridges and train bridges are visible. Also greenery and the seawater flow channel are visible.

Buildings in the Presidio Street in the Neighborhood of La Puntilla of the Old San Juan

View towards the building that are located in the Presidio street of the neighborhood of La Puntilla in the Old San Juan. You can observe a paved street with asphalt that has to its right a line of adjacent buildings. The buildings are built with concrete and some in masonry, they show influence of several architectonic styles like the Revival, Neo-renaissance, Art Deco, Beaux arts and Neo-Moorish. This is notably the architectonic elements that it can be seen on its facades. The buildings have balconies with balustrades, appentices, crestings and finishes, cornices, architectonic moldings, battlements, gable roofs with dormer windows, double wooden windows, balconets and double doors with lattice. These buildings are residential and one of them is a auto repair shop and it has an establishment sign that says: "Amador Hnos". At the background you can observe the building of La Princesa Old Prison that is painted with white, it has a dome, lantern, and a pediment on the facade wall. Behind it there is part of the defense rampart that is along of the La Princesa Promenade and at the background a building painted with pink. To the right it stick out a building that is painted with white and has arches with columns and mosaics with moorish influence. This building used to be the magazine and the newspaper called El Mundo, subsequently, became a comercial building. Afterwards, this area became the parking lot La Puntilla.

Public housing under construction

View of public housing under construction. There are several buildings in concrete with flat roofs. They are two-story and have lattice-style windows, simple doors and small balconies. The balconies are surrounded by low concrete walls, over the balconies and windows, there are small eaves. The area is surrounded by grass and construction garbage such as boards, blocks and dirt.

Aerial view of urban areas

Aerial view of an urban area in the metropolitan area of the island. You can see houses and buildings with different characteristics. There are houses with zinc roofs and large concrete buildings. You can see the paved streets and power line poles next to the streets. The area is also surrounded by vegetation and trees.

Guajataca slope

View from the main road in the coastal town of Quebradillas. In the foreground, the paved road is followed by a wooden fence. You can see several houses on a hill. The houses are in wood with zinc gabled roofs. They have double wooden windows and are surrounded by vegetation. In the background, you can see mountains and the ocean.

Dive view of Manuel Zeno Gandía public housing

Swooping view from an angle of the houses in the Manuel Zeno Gandía government housing project. To the far right, there are semi-detached houses with lattice-style windows and simple doors. There are also power line poles and a passable street. To the far left, you can see a hill with trees, palms and natural vegetation. Some areas are covered by gravel.

Jíbaro Building with Yagua roof

Houses made of wood in the town of San Germán. The first house is made of wood and raised on stilts, with a gabled Yagua roof, and a simple door made of wood. To the far right, the house has an extension with another door. The second house is made of wood and has a zinc gabled roof. It has a balcony with a railing baluster and lattice-style windows. On the far left, there is a pile of concrete blocks.

Houses after Hurricane Santa Clara

View of houses after the passage of Hurricane Santa Clara. There are several wooden houses built on walls. They have entrance stairs in concrete. Also, double wooden windows and doors with gabled zinc roofs, one is roofless. There are several persons standing in front of the houses.

Road with Houses on Both Sides

Project for the filling and leveling of land in Guaynabo. View of the road leading to the construction area, where a crane can be distinguished. The street appears to be freshly paved. You can see wooden houses on both sides, next to one of the houses there is a corduroy tree. Several people are observed in the street, including some children playing. Van Camp was part of the grounds of Fort Buchannan which came to have more than 4,000 acres in that area so its grounds reached what we know as the docks. These lands, which were used for the camp of troops and other services, after World War II began to be dispossessed of land, leaving about 700 acres