Vernacular Criollo Houses

Description

Side view of a street with houses and commercial spaces. In the foreground, there is a wooden house over concrete with a gabled zinc roof. In the front, the house has a balcony surrounded by a wooden railing. In the lower wall of the balcony, there are several oculi surrounded by moldings. The balcony has a flat, zinc roof and edges with wooden cornices. The house has four double wooden doors with lattice. They are surrounded by wooden moldings. In the front, the house has a wooden crossbar. To the far left, the house has a terraced building. The building is in concrete with a flat roof. In the front, there is a sign that reads: "Café Rest. Rosina". The establishment has four open doors with moldings over them. The upper edge has moldings and cornices. There are several persons standing in front of the building and vehicles parked on the car. Following it is another building with similar characteristics.

Origin Name	CAJ_0313_F0001_R
Relation	Archivo de Arquitectura y Construcción de la Universidad de Puerto Rico > Colección Carol F. Jopling > Album fotos a color
Geographical Coverage	Municipio desconocido | Unknown Municipality
Date	1979
Descriptive Notes	The title, date and address were provided by the Architecture and Construction Archive of the University of Puerto Rico (AACUPR). The file provided by the archive clarifies the following information: "Photographer: Carol F. Jopling, architecture students or Earth Watch Volunteers". On the back of the image, there are handwritten notes that read: "63 CAJ|0313|F0001". Also, there is a stamp that reads: "Print made by KODAK Oct 79". There are repeated photos of the same houses among the files of this collection because they document different photographic formats created for the research project led by Carol F. Jopling, which were taken on different instances in which they were visited (example: 35mm negatives, color, black and white, instant photography, photos that were clarified or with contrast).
Historical Background	Transportation in Puerto Rico: Automobile Housing in Puerto Rico: Urban Housing
Architectural Subject	Houses Stores (built works) Streets Automobiles Sidewalks Walls Oculi (openings) Railings (balustrades) Balconies Moldings (object components) Cornices Zinc Plank construction Double doors Posters Electric wiring Trees (woody plants) Coffeehouses Gables (architectural elements) Transoms (opening components) Row houses Men (male humans)
Decolonial Subject	Public- The Commons Duality Public-Private Duality
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