Casco Viejo History
Panama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo By 9th street there is a big ruin that everyone knows as the old power plant that used to belong to “Fuerza y Luz”. This power plant, back in the day, had turbines and cooling…
Read morePanama Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo A couple of weeks ago I joined Felix McFresh and his friend Alberto on an interesting city tour of Chorrillo. These two “chorrilleros” are passionate about their neighborhood and the special things that can only…
Read morePanama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo The Organización de Estados Ibero Americanos has just released a very interesting book with a really good collection of “before and after” photos of Casco Viejo. It was a treat even for our trained eyes,…
Read morePanama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo You never know what you`ll find digging through the layers and layers of history while restoring a building in Casco Viejo. The photos below are from the former St. George school in Casco Viejo, which…
Read morePanama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo This week I`ve been taking care of my nephew at my grandmother`s house. One of the many treats of doing it, is that I get to take a look at our old family albums with…
Read moreCasco Viejo Panama Casco Antiguo Patriot Holidays are here! For me it is still amazing that a country managed to have its independence from one country, separation from another, flag days and more compounded in one month. Yes, that is…
Read morePanama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo And right on time to celebrate the 500 years of the first catholic church in the New World. It was a whole thing to put them up there: street closed, big cranes, take a look!…
Read morePanama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo Casco Viejo has a wealth of colonial monuments, many of them are churches. It is a challenge for every historic city to keep them in good shape, but in the tropics this effort basically doubles…
Read morePanama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo I came across a magazine called Cuasimodo, which was edited back in the early Republic days. This ad was found in a 1919 magazine, I have to say it is one of my favorites. Stores…
Read morePanama, Casco Antiguo, Casco Viejo Last June 2nd, Italy celebrated their anniversary as a Republic. You might not be aware of this, but many of the main buildings in Casco Viejo were designed by Genaro Ruggieri, an Italian who back…
Read moreI was truly impressed by this book by Ida Vallarino. The love that went into it, and the accuracy of its models makes this a great gift for Casco fans or Panama fans. Ida Vallarino worked small models of the…
Read morePanama Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo I think I might have written about photographer Carlos Endara before. Last week, I participated of a tour to this private museum and ran around like a little kid. I mean, it is so…
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