Government Reception Center

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The build­ing where the Gov­ern­ment Recep­tion Cen­ter is today was orig­i­nal­ly con­ceived to be the “Casi­no de Puer­to Rico”, a meet­ing for Old San Juan’s social elite. Con­struc­tion start­ed in 1910 and the build­ing opened it’s doors in 1913.

The build­ing sits exact­ly where the old Puer­ta de San­ti­a­go used to be. Puer­ta de San­ti­a­go was the only gate in Old San Juan that con­nect­ed to land.  This earned it the nick­name of “la Puer­ta de Tier­ra”, the “land” gate.

The “Casi­no de Puer­to Rico” was built by the archi­tec­tur­al firm “Del Valle Zeno Her­manos”, which was estab­lished in 1910 and dis­solved in 1913; right after the build­ing was com­plet­ed. Hmmm.

The Gov­ern­ment Recep­tion Cen­ter has a priv­i­leged loca­tion, right across the street from Plaza Colón.

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