Article: IN PUERTO RICO SAN JUAN DELIGHTS IN SHOWING ITS AGE.(Show)

Byline: William A. Davis Boston Globe

Wandering through the narrow cobblestone streets, shady plazas and ancient fortification of San Juan, I found myself mentally groping for the elusive quality that makes this vibrant city so unlike any other in the Caribbean Basin.

It came to me as I sat on a bench beneath a plane tree in Plaza San Jose, listening to mellow cello sounds filter from the Pablo Casals Museum and watching the lengthing shadow of a statue of Ponce de Leon, first governor of Puerto Rico.

Simple. San Juan, the oldest city under the American flag, delights in showing its age. Here, civic progress often seems to be a matter of making ...

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