Gardens at the Community Center of Barrio Pitahaya in Arroyo

Description

Gardens, buildings, and surroundings of Pitahaya Community Center in Arroyo. Gardens with stone paths and flower arches can be seen. The building on the left side is bigger and longer, it has two entrance doors on the side, and there are children standing inside the building and on the steps. It has a door at the rear and several windows with only three of them open. The building on the right side is smaller and has a door with two windows at the front, it has a flower arch with benches where there are two children sitting with a woman. On the far right there is a man standing right behind the office.

Origin Name	PRA 0047 F0001
Relation	Archivo de Arquitectura y Construcción de la Universidad de Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration > Cartapacio 10
Geographical Coverage	Arroyo
Date	1937
Descriptive Notes	Title assigned by the cataloguing team. The general description contains information provided by the Architectural and Construction Archive of the University of Puerto Rico (AACUPR).
Historical Background	Puerto Rican Society: Childhood The Great Economic Depression and the New Deal: The Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration (PRERA) and the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration (PRRA)
Architectural Subject	Community centers Offices (work spaces) Gardens (open spaces) Paths Doors Stairs (series of steps) Gable roofs Walls Trees (woody plants) People (agents) Children (people by age group) Slides (recreation equipment) Arbors Trash cans Benches (furniture)
Decolonial Subject	Community Action Nature-Culture 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