Centro Comunal, Gate Closed

Description

View of the community center in the community of La Plata in the town of Aibonito. In the foreground, you can see the paved street, followed by a building surrounded by a stepped fence simulating masonry. This is one-story with a flat roof. In the middle, it has an entrance with a metal grill gate on which you can read an inscription that says: “Communal Center.” On both sides of this there are double wooden doors with mullions above them. In front of each entrance there are concrete steps. The windows are also double wooden windows with lattice-style. On the other hand, to the far right you can see another wooden building with a zinc gable roof. It has double wooden doors and windows and a sign at the top.

Origin Name	14,784--Centro comunal, grate closed
Relation	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín > Colección Menonitas > Maurice Hooley
Geographical Coverage	Aibonito
Date	[195?]
Historical Background	The Great Economic Depression and the New Deal: The Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration (PRERA) and the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration (PRRA) Architecture in Puerto Rico: Twentieth Century (1898-1940)
Architectural Subject	Buildings (structures) Double doors Streets Windows Electric wiring Community centers Grilles (barrier elements) Fliers (stair components) Crosswalks Posters Fanlights
Decolonial Subject	Community Action
Rights	The PRAHA does not own the rights to this resource. The user must contact the repository or archive that holds the physical document to determine the restrictions that may apply under the Copyright and Intellectual Property Law or by agreements agreed with donors.
Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image