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Urban Revival In Panama

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Silvia E. Vargas
6 February 2005 - 5:00am

Master plan for Panama’s second colonial-era capital city center calls for “a sustainable, irreversible recovery” of the entire neighborhood.

On January 21, Panama's Office of the Casco Viejo unveiled the Torrijos administration’s master plan for the city's historic Casco Viejo district. Infrastructure improvements, increased public safety, an aggressive building rehabilitation strategy, and efforts to promote tourism as a source for job creation are among the priorities outlined in the plan to revive this historically significant, but severely blighted in-town neighborhood.

Full Story: Panamanian government unveils five-year Casco Viejo action plan
Source: PA Land Use, October 31, 2005
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