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Article: Pulsating Puerto Rico An insider's look at the hip and historic in sizzling San Juan and the environs of this U.S. commonwealth.(Going Places)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
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- January 15, 2006
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Byline: Jonathan D. Auerbach Daily Herald Correspondent
Old San Juan wasn't built in a day, but then I wasn't on that job.
Determined to see it in one, I called upon masterpieces of five centuries: San Juan Cathedral, one of the oldest in the Western Hemisphere, and Castillo San Felipe del Morro, the massive citadel overlooking the Atlantic.
Old San Juan - the 16th-century Spanish colonial enclave of Puerto Rico's capital city - sweats history. Situated on the island's northeastern coast it remains a relic of conquistador splendor and a World Heritage Site.
Winding down cobalt-blue cobblestone streets made from the ballast of Spanish ...