Plaza del Mercado - Ponce - 2013 00002

Description

Lateral view of the building Plaza del Mercado located in the coastal city of Ponce. The building of the Plaza del Mercado has two floors with a roof made of corrugated metal sheets and characteristics of the Neoclassic and Art Deco styles. The bottom floor has a socle made of ceramic tiles, hinged doors, glass windows and fluted pilasters that go up to the additional level. The levels are divided with a curve eave supported by staggered brackets. The second floor has glass windows, pilasters, decorative moldings, drainage and an ornamental frieze. Aside from that, in the surroundings of the building you can distinguish the paved street where there are benches, light poles, garden areas and vehicles. The construction of the Plaza del Mercado Isabel II dates back to 1863. Throughout the years it has been restored in 1903, 1941, 1989 and 2007.

Origin Name	Plaza del Mercado - Ponce - 2013 00002
Relation	Puerto Rico Historic Building & Drawing Society > Colección Pueblos > Ponce (PRHBDS) > Plaza del Mercado
Geographical Coverage	Ponce
Date	2013
Descriptive Notes	Original name of provenience and the title were assigned by the Project Puerto Rico Architectural Heritage (PRAHA). The general description contains information took from the official Facebook page of Puerto Rico Historic Building Drawing Society.
Colaborador	Martínez de San Martín, Timoteo Lubelza - Arquitecto Méndez Mercado, Pedro (1902 - 1990) - Diseñador
Historical Background	Architecture in Puerto Rico: Seventeenth-Nineteenth Centuries Road and Trails in Puerto Rico: Roads Transportation in Puerto Rico: Automobile Architecture in Puerto Rico: Twentieth Century (1898-1940) Architecture in Puerto Rico: Public Markets
Architectural Subject	Historic buildings Streets Lampposts Automobiles Zinc Windows Eaves Banquettes (benches) Art Deco Markets (structures or spaces) Moldings (object components) Gables (architectural elements) Pilasters (wall components) Friezes (ornamental areas) Neoclassical Balustrades Swinging doors (doors)
Decolonial Subject	Autonomous-organizing / Self-reliance Development (aparatus) Capitalist Development Local Economic Development Solidarity Economy Entrepreneurship Eurocentrism Commodification Capitalista Order
Rights	English Rights. (hyperlink)
Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image