Master plan for Panamas 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 administrations 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.
Thanks to Silvia E. Vargas
FULL STORY: Panamanian government unveils five-year Casco Viejo action plan

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