Panama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo Last night we went to a beautiful silent auction: art pieces made by children from Fundación Calicanto`s dance program called Enlaces. The pieces were made by the children while dancing: canvases stretched on the floor and on the wall, while the children danced with feet and hands wet in paint. …
Panama Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo The New York Times just featured Casco Viejo! check out this article from their “Great Homes and Destinations” section by Nicholas Gill: In Panama, Staying True to History The article highlights Casa Vidal, a beautiful home located at Calle 1era, San Felipe, a few steps away from the French Plaza…
Panama, Santa Ana, Casco Viejo I enjoy Santa Ana. It is a mess, but I really like it. The plaza is full of trees, and people just “hangs”. We were there because of the PRISMA dance festival: they had scheduled a performance at the plaza`s gazebo. While waiting, I took some photos of the whole…
Panama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo Flash reminder! Tomorrow Saturday, the PRISMA Dance Festival will have an interesting performance at the National Theater by a French and Swedish troupe. Then, on Sunday, Plaza Santa Ana will have at 5 p.m. a free performance by Cía Mar Gómez from Spain. At 6:30 p.m. , right there at…
Casco Viejo Panama Casco Antiguo The first time I heard the “I`m a Type A” phrase, was from a New Yorker. I thought he was talking about blood types, and it did take some time to my friend to be able to describe it to me. Please note: description (even a full description which included…
Panama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo In order to develop buildings in Casco Antiguo you have to have previous experience in some sort of field related to building. This is an activity that should be labeled: “Not For The Faint Of Heart”. Either you know what your doing and therefore you have a realistic approach to…
Panama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo I`m sure some poet must have said it at some point, somewhere: inexperience can be excused, but never lack of passion. “You shall not develop your historic building using only excel”. While excel is necessary to understand profitability, this 300 year old site holds buildings that are loaded with a…
Panama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo When compiling common denominators on why some developments have failed, I came across this word: Acedia, which is mentioned in Wikipedia`s Seven Deadly Sins article, under “historical sins”. With such a name and classification, I had to start with that one! Although I must say there is another one that…
Panama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo Now, after my “silly Casco” we get all serious! I got a suggestion which I thought was really interesting and probably super helpful for people thinking in restoring in Casco Viejo. What have been the main “sins” of unsuccessful developments. We`ve seen plenty! but once you group them together, it…
Panama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo I always find the strangest things when walking around Casco Viejo. Thought it would make for a fun Monday! I mean, not everything has to be hard core real estate, right? I feel this is the type of photo you can use like the New Yorker cartoon at the back…