| Condado Lagoon | |
|---|---|
 Aerial view of Condado Lagoon | |
| Location | Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates | 18°27′30″N66°04′48″W / 18.45833°N 66.08000°W |
| Governing body | Department of Natural Resources |
Condado Lagoon (Spanish : Laguna del Condado) is located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is an effluent body of water that flows freely between the Condado and Miramar neighborhoods of Santurce, a barrio of San Juan.
Its tributary stream of water forms part of the San Juan Bay Estuary. [1] An estuary is a coastal area where fresh water from rivers and other inland water sources mixes with salt water from the ocean. The Metropolitan Area of Puerto Rico is intersected by estuarine bodies of water, such as Condado Lagoon, Martín Peña Channel, San José Lagoon and Piñones Lagoon, among others. The Cucharillas Marsh is another part of this urban ecosystem. Condado Lagoon empties into the Atlantic Ocean through El Boquerón, an inlet spanned by the Dos Hermanos Bridge through the San Antonio Creek.[ citation needed ] It is one of two natural lagoons in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[ citation needed ]
In late 2020, the Condado Ocean Club Hotel, overlooking the Condado Lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean, opened its doors. [2]
San Juan is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the jurisdiction of the United States, with a population of 342,259. San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521, who called it Ciudad de Puerto Rico.
Condado is an oceanfront, tree-lined, pedestrian-oriented upper middle to upper class community in Santurce. It is one of the forty subbarrios of Santurce in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Fortín de San Gerónimo de Boquerón is a small fort located at the mouth of the Condado Lagoon, across from the historic sector of Miramar in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Isla Verde is a beach-front, urbanized, residential, and resort district in the barrio of Cangrejo Arriba in the municipality of Carolina where the main airport of Puerto Rico, the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU), is located. It is Immediately east of the barrio of Santurce in the capital municipality of San Juan, Los Corozos and San José Lagoon, and Teodoro Moscoso Bridge, which connects the coastal area to Hato Rey, the commercial and financial center in the metropolitan area of Puerto Rico, and west of the Laguna La Torrecilla, and the state forest and beaches of the Piñones district in the barrio of Torrecilla Baja in the municipality of Loíza. Isla Verde is home to various upscale hotels and apartments.
Miramar is one of the forty subbarrios of Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico. The neighborhood has many historic Spanish Revival-style homes with patios and gardens, and it was listed on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2007 for its historical and architectural value.
Laguna de Términos is the largest tidal lagoon by volume located entirely on the Gulf of Mexico, as well as one of the most biodiverse. Exchanging water with several rivers and lagoons, the Laguna is part of the most important hydrographic river basin in Mexico. It is important commercially, as well as ecologically by serving as a refuge for extensive flora and fauna; its mangroves play an important role as a refuge for migratory birds.
San Juan Islet is a 3-square-mile (7.8 km2) islet or small island on San Juan Bay in the Atlantic coast of northern Puerto Rico. Home to Old San Juan, it is the site of the oldest permanent European settlement in Puerto Rico (1521), and the second oldest European settlement in the West Indies after Santo Domingo (1496). Due to its strategic location in the Caribbean during the Spanish colonization of the Americas, it is home to a city wall and a number of militaristic buildings such as El Morro Castle. Today, it is also home to many of Puerto Rico's government buildings such as the territory's capitol building.
Hotel El Convento is a small hotel in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, in what was a Carmelite convent, adjoining the San Juan Cathedral square. The cathedral is the second-oldest cathedral in the Western Hemisphere. Hotel El Convento is the oldest member of the Historic Hotels of America. It was also named the premier Small Luxury Hotel in Puerto Rico by the Small Luxury Hotels of the World organization.
Santurce is the largest and most populated barrio of the municipality of San Juan, the capital city of Puerto Rico. With a population of 69,469 in 2020, Santurce is also one of the most densely populated areas of the main island of Puerto Rico with a population larger than most municipalities of the territory.
The Condado Vanderbilt Hotel is a historic luxury hotel built in 1919 and located on Ashford Avenue in the district of Condado in San Juan, capital city of the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. The hotel was designed by the architectural firm Warren and Wetmore, who also designed New York's Grand Central Terminal. It was built by the Vanderbilt family and it marked the beginning of high end tourism in Puerto Rico.
The San Juan Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency for the city of San Juan, PR, with jurisdiction only in the city limits of San Juan. It is also the largest municipal police force in the commonwealth, and the second largest of any police force in the commonwealth, after the Puerto Rico Police Department. It was created in 1977 under law #19 of May 12, 1977, known as the Municipal Police Law creating local police forces in each city of Puerto Rico.
Isla Grande is one of 40 subbarrios of Barrio Santurce, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Playita del Condado is a beach located at the end of Avenida Ashford in Condado, Puerto Rico.
San Juan Bay is the bay and main inlet adjacent to Old San Juan in northeastern Puerto Rico. It is about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) in length, the largest body of water in an estuary of about 97 square miles (250 km2) of channels, inlets and eight interconnected lagoons. The San Juan Bay is home to the island's busiest harbor and its history dates back to at least 1508.
The San José Lagoon is a shallow saline lake or lagoon located between the municipalities of San Juan and Carolina in northern Puerto Rico. Despite being located in a highly urbanized area this body of water is important for its mangrove forests. The lagoon is located between San Juan and the island's main airport and a bridge that connects the two was opened in 1994.
El Boquerón is a body of water located at the intersection of the Condado Lagoon and the San Antonio Channel in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This body of water separates the Islet of San Juan, where Old San Juan and Puerta de Tierra are located, from El Condado and the Isla Grande peninsula in Santurce. It is separated from the San Antonio Channel by the San Antonio Bridge and from the Condado Lagoon by the Dos Hermanos Bridge. This body of water contains coral reef and habitats important to plant and animal life; it is part of the bigger San Juan Bay National Estuary. These bodies of water are often visited by manatees. The Playita del Condado is located at the eastern end of El Boquerón.
Condado Beach is a large public-access beach located in Condado, a subbarrio of the barrio of Santurce in the capital municipality of San Juan in Puerto Rico.
Ocean Park Beach is a large public-access beach located in Ocean Park, a neighborhood of the barrio (district) of Santurce in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The beach used to be known as Último Trolley Beach, since it was the site of the San Juan–Condado streetcar line terminal. A small section located close to Dr. José Celso Barbosa Park is still referred to as El Último Trolley.
The Miami Building, also known as the Miami Apartments or the 868 Ashford Building, is a historic Art Deco building located in the Avenida Ashford of the Condado section of Santurce in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 and to the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 1995.
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