Building of the Antiguo Correo y Corte Federal José V. Toledo at the Old San Juan
Description
Frontal view, from the Comercio street, building known as Antiguo Correo y Corte Federal José V. Toledo at the Old San Juan. The building is made up two parts. The first one was built in 1914 and it had the influence of several architectonic movements like, Beaux-arts, the Federal style and Spanish Renaissance. You can observe it has the pavilion shape and it has the colors cream and light gray. Is built with cement and limestone, its roof is covered with terracotta roofing tiles and its doors and windows are from by voussoirs and covered with green grilles. In front of the building you can see narrow stairs that form the main entrance of the building. The second building was built on 1940 and also has the influence of the Avant-garde movement and Venetian school. It has the aspect of a tower with roof extension with the shape of lanterns, part of the roof is covered with roofing tiles and it has the colors cream with light gray. Its windows and doors are also formed by voussoirs. You can find the building intercepting the streets Comercio and Tanca. You can observe other buildings around like, the Popular Bank of Puerto Rico, Ochoa building and what it was the American Colonial Bank. Additionally, you can see on its surroundings bus, kiosks, automobiles, sidewalks, power lines, light poles, a flagpole with the United States flag, people, and the paved streets with paving stones. The opened lot that is in front of the building became the municipal parking lot Doña Fela.| Origin Name |
FGj 1000 D0001
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| Relation |
Archivo de Arquitectura y Construcción de la Universidad de Puerto Rico > Colección Frederick Gjessing > FGJ Serie Fotografías > FGj 1000 D0001 - 0032 Marina
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| Geographical Coverage |
San Juan
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| Date |
1953-03/1954-09
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| Descriptive Notes |
Title assigned by the cataloging team. The description contains information provided by the Archive of Architecture and Construction of the University of Puerto Rico (AACUPR), the book "Photographic Survey of San Juan Antiguo" by the architect Frederick C. Gjessing, and the submitted nomination forms to the Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos por la Oficina Estatal de Conservación Histórica (OECH).
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| Descripción decolonial |
The notable presence of buses in Old San Juan represents the shift in planning for public transportation. Since the onslaught of Hurricane San Felipe in 1928, San Juan began a gradual transition from using buses as the primary means of transportation, until the eventual collapse of the streetcars in 1946. As Operation Bootstrap continued to advance, the construction of spaces dependent on automobiles forced Puerto Rican society to use vehicles, thus individualizing their circulation. Such power dynamics in social space are also reflected in the control of financial capital, which has always been linked to the superstructures of power and it is a notable closeness shared by the Banco Popular de Puerto Rico and the Antiguo Correo y Corte Federal. On the other hand, the Banco Popular de Puerto Rico made a shift from being the first financial institution of the Spanish elites to combat usury in 1893, to becoming the main collaborator of American colonial financial capitalism and architect of neoliberalism in Puerto Rico.
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| Editor |
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
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| Resource Format |
JPEG
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| Resource Type |
Image
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