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Look like some of the buildings I've wondered about are no this list. should PR (or San Juan) pass a hotel tax to help fund restoration? I know a few cities do this, or should they bank on the non-profit route?
Look like some of the buildings I've wondered about are no this list. should PR (or San Juan) pass a hotel tax to help fund restoration? I know a few cities do this, or should they bank on the non-profit route?
PR & likely San Juan are in budgetary crisis. & I believe the US Congress put into place a finance emergency group to help bring the PR budget back into balance, over the long term (think 20+ years). I doubt that historic preservation is anywhere near the top of the list of to-do items. It's more like police, hospital/health, education, public infrastructure, ports, airports, transportation & on & on.
They'll probably need private/public collaborations - like architectural/trade schools providing some engineering/architecture/trained expertise/muscle to carry out some historic building repairs. Someone needs to spearhead that effort, & scrounge up either materials or money or both to put into the effort. I like the suggestion in the URL comments - start a fund-raising effort that targets the PR population living in the US & elsewhere. Heritage is important, & helps the tourist segment of the economy. Hotels & gambling & restaurants & airports & tour buses & such might contribute out of self-interest. A hotel tax is a possibility, but good luck making the case against a background of government's dire fiscal condition.
PR & likely San Juan are in budgetary crisis. & I believe the US Congress put into place a finance emergency group to help bring the PR budget back into balance, over the long term (think 20+ years). I doubt that historic preservation is anywhere near the top of the list of to-do items. It's more like police, hospital/health, education, public infrastructure, ports, airports, transportation & on & on.
They'll probably need private/public collaborations - like architectural/trade schools providing some engineering/architecture/trained expertise/muscle to carry out some historic building repairs. Someone needs to spearhead that effort, & scrounge up either materials or money or both to put into the effort. I like the suggestion in the URL comments - start a fund-raising effort that targets the PR population living in the US & elsewhere. Heritage is important, & helps the tourist segment of the economy. Hotels & gambling & restaurants & airports & tour buses & such might contribute out of self-interest. A hotel tax is a possibility, but good luck making the case against a background of government's dire fiscal condition.
Preservation itself may not be but tourism has to be...and when tourist attractions are being closed and places that attract dollars to the island are crumbling it inhibits the islands ability to pay for services
I've been to some of these buildings and imo they are beautiful, but sadly we have far worse infrastructure problems the governor is likely looking into.
I've been to some of these buildings and imo they are beautiful, but sadly we have far worse infrastructure problems the governor is likely looking into.
The time to focus on one thing at a time is long past.
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As much as I love PR, these issues are present stateside as well. The political climate currently unfortunately will ensure that projects like these are kept on the backburner. No one REALLY cares until its too late....sadly.
why should the government be in charge of this? that's the problem....obviously they can't handle a huge government and nobody knows where exactly the taxpayers dollars goes......so let the private sector buy it and take care of it. Put condos, museums or restaurants.....anything is better in how the local government has handle this.
Its like the bridge in the Condado Dos Hermanos, take forever to finish maintenance causing big traffic in front of the hotels and the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing because its a big bureaucracy with the city government and contractors and sub-contractors.
If some of the properties cam be restored simply by selling them off so be it
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