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Fourth Period (1930-1960):
Streets:
- El Conde Street becomes the site of functional
rationalist architecture. Around the 1940's, the engineer José Ramón
Báez López-Penha designed and built, with the help of architect
Guillermo González, a stoop that unites the Eastern extreme of this
street with the Port, thus balancing the unevenness between these
two points.
- Báez outlines Máximo Gómez Avenue and the
Western Bypass (known today as Lincoln Avenue).
- Danae Street/Los Siete Pianos Street, Osvaldo
Báez Street, Dr. Delgado Street, and Mariano Lluberes Street are
opened.
- The Jetty. Was the extension of the old Paseo
or Malecón Presidente Billini from what is known today as the park
Parque Eugenio María de Hostos first to Güibia Beach (known today as
George Washington at the corner of Máximo Gómez) and then to the
Centro de los Héroes by the middle of the 1950's. Construction of
the Avenue was begun in 1932 by the young engineer José Ramón
López-Penha. It was baptized George Washington by the Dictator. The
Jetty became one of the main settings for the showing of trujillista
power as parades and military stops were carried out there (as they
continue to be today). The dictator's party (Dominican Party) had
its seat on The Jetty, and obelisks were erected there in
celebration of the name change of the city to Ciudad Trujillo and
the signing of the Trujillo-Hull Treaty (which ended the payment of
foreign debts). The architectural ensemble of the Peace Fair (Centro
de los Héroes) would also flow into in this walk, which has shaped
the definitive morphology of the city. One of its effects was
consolidating the expansion toward the west of Santo Domingo.
Subsequently, it would be extended to Ciudad Ganadera and beyond
until joining with the Sánchez Highway that leads south. This space,
favored by the people, is the most important place in the city in
terms of landscape and public space, excellent for celebration and
the recreation. It is also known as "one of the most beautiful urban
walks" of the Caribbean.
- o The Avenida de las Américas ("Avenue of the
Americas"). Leads from the Airport of the Americas (in Punta
Caicedo) to Boca Chica Beach.
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