Parque Urbano Dora Colón Clavell

Parque Urbano Dora Colón Clavell
(Dora Colón Clavell Urban Park)
The Dora Colon Clavell Urban Park, looking north in Barrio Primero in Ponce, Puerto Rico
Map
TypePassive park
LocationMarina and Jobos Streets, Barrio Primero, in Ponce, Puerto Rico
Coordinates18°00′29.15″N 66°36′50.04″W / 18.0080972°N 66.6139000°W / 18.0080972; -66.6139000
Areaapprox 4 cuerdas
Created1995
DesignerWilliam Ramirez Gurratán[1]
Operated byAutonomous Municipality of Ponce
OpenDaily
StatusOpen
ParkingUnderground parking garage (400 spaces[2])

Parque Urbano Dora Colón Clavell (English: Dora Colón Clavell Urban Park) is a passive park in Ponce, Puerto Rico.[3] The park is named after the mother of ex-governor of Puerto Rico and Ponce native, Rafael Hernández Colón.[4] It opened on 9 December 1995.[1] The park was designed by Ponce architect Juan Dalmau Sambolín.[5]

Location

The park is a passive urban family park. It is located in Ponce's Historic District, near several museums and parks, including the Ponce Massacre Museum and the Abolition Park. It features a number of kiosks that open on an as-needed basis (i.e., depending on the function taking place at the park) and a central stage where the Banda Municipal de Ponce stages free open-air concerts.[6] The location where the park now sits used to be occupied by Hospital Damas before it moved to its current location on Ponce By Pass on 6 May 1973.[7][8]

History

The park was built in 1995 under the administration of mayor Churumba and, in the same year, it received the award for Outstanding Construction Work of the Year (Spanish: "Obra Sobresaliente del Año") from the College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico.[9] It was built with an original appropriation of $5.5 million.[7] Final cost in December 1995 was $11 million.[10]

Amenities

The park features gardens, a Mudéjar-style kiosk for the Ponce Municipal Band traditional Sunday concerts, a trolley stop, a restaurant, and food stands.[11] This Mudéjar-style kiosk is a smaller replica of the one built on Plaza Las Delicias, in 1882, but since demolished, for the town's 1882 Feria-Exposición.[12] It was designed by José Carlos Villaró, a Spanish architect from Málaga.[13]

The park also has an underground parking garage with two levels. In the first (top-most) level of the garage there is a Ponce tourist police station.[14] The parking garage has space for 400 vehicles.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades. Ponce Ciudad Museo 2001. 2001. p. 67.
  2. ^ a b Municipio de Ponce integra trolley a ruta SITRAS. Voces del Sur. vocesdelsurpr.com 20 October 2016. Accessed 26 January 2017. Archived.
  3. ^ "Panoramio is no longer available". www.panoramio.com.
  4. ^ "Explore Puerto Rico". Manatee Press. 1 June 2002 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Jose Enrique Ayoroa Santaliz. Un hito en su tiempo: la fuente de agua subterránea de la Plaza Las Delicias. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 39. Issue 1993. 9-15 February 2022. pp.8-9. Archived.
  6. ^ Dora Colón Clavell Urban Park. Let'sGoToPonce.com Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  7. ^ a b Carmelo Rosario Natal. Ponce En Su Historia Moderna: 1945-2002. Published by Secretaría de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2003. p. 253.
  8. ^ Nuestra Historia.[permanent dead link‍] Hospital Damas. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  9. ^ Act No. 256 (H. B. 2988) of the 7th Session of the 15th Legislature of Puerto Rico. Retrieved 25 April 2010. Archived.
  10. ^ Dora Colon Clavell Urban Park. TravelPonce.com. Accessed 112 February 2022. Archived.
  11. ^ Plaza Del Caribe Tourism information. Archived 2010-04-23 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  12. ^ Jose Enrique Ayoroa Santaliz. Un hito en su tiempo: la fuente de agua subterránea de la Plaza Las Delicias. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 39. Issue 1993. 9-15 February 2022. pp.8-9.
  13. ^ Dora Colon Clavell Urban Park. TravelPonce.com. Accessed 112 February 2022. Archived.
  14. ^ Free Municipal Parking Lot. LetsGo: Destinations, Ponce. Archived 2010-12-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 25 April 2010.