A Panama City neighborhood grapples with the tourist district next door
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Sitting on an old, wobbly bench under a flowering Flamboyan tree in Plaza Herrera is a stark contrast to the dominating view of Panama City’s skyscrapers. Red bricks circle a statue of General Tomas Herrera atop a horse at the center of the plaza in Casco Viejo. The square’s edges are lined with white and blue umbrellas, shading tourists from direct hits from the sun. Colonial-style buildings enclose the square on all but one side. Their white facade and iron front porches remind visitors that this is where the Spaniards resettled in 1673 after the pirate Captain Henry Morgan (yes,
A Panama City neighborhood grapples with the tourist district next door
A Panama City neighborhood grapples with the…
A Panama City neighborhood grapples with the tourist district next door
Sitting on an old, wobbly bench under a flowering Flamboyan tree in Plaza Herrera is a stark contrast to the dominating view of Panama City’s skyscrapers. Red bricks circle a statue of General Tomas Herrera atop a horse at the center of the plaza in Casco Viejo. The square’s edges are lined with white and blue umbrellas, shading tourists from direct hits from the sun. Colonial-style buildings enclose the square on all but one side. Their white facade and iron front porches remind visitors that this is where the Spaniards resettled in 1673 after the pirate Captain Henry Morgan (yes,