Bayamón City Hall is a building in
Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Bayamón (, ) is a Bayamón barrio-pueblo, city, Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality of Puerto Rico and suburb of San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan located in the northern coastal valley, north of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, Aguas Buenas an ...
. As the name suggests, it serves as city hall to that city. It is named after Don Ángel Rivera Rodríguez, who was mayor of Bayamón from 1934 to 1944.
Bayamón City Hall was inaugurated in 1980 by Mayor
Ramón Luis Rivera at the cost of $7.2 million. Rivera stepped down as mayor in 2000, giving way for his son
Ramón Luis Rivera, Jr., to become mayor. Since its inauguration, its been occupied by mayors representing the
Partido Nuevo Progresista
The New Progressive Party ( es, Partido Nuevo Progresista, PNP) is a political party in Puerto Rico that advocates statehood. The PNP is one of the two major parties in Puerto Rico with significant political strength and currently holds both t ...
(PNP), a political party that advocates statehood for Puerto Rico.
Located next to
El Parque del tren
Rail transport in Puerto Rico currently consists of a passenger metro system in the island's metropolitan area of San Juan. Its history can be traced back to the mid-19th century with the construction of a limited passenger line in Mayagüez. B ...
, the city hall is considered a tourist attraction, as it was built over an existing avenue to use its air rights. Visitors park next to the building, walk to the avenue, and board an elevator to reach the offices.
According to the building's architects, the reason for building it over the highway is because the city of Bayamón did not own property large enough within the city for a city hall building.
The second floor has a glass-window bridge, from where the visitors can cross from one side to the other, while looking at cars pass by. The upper levels are all for office activities, including citizen complaints, city planning, etc.
The building includes a theatre presenting live drama. This enables the building to be used and attract people in the evenings as well as during the day.
The Bayamón City Hall is painted gray. For a long time, it was the only building in
Latin America
Latin America or
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that was built over an avenue.
In 2022,
FEMA
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), initially created under President Jimmy Carter by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Exec ...
allocated close to $5 million for work on Bayamón City Hall.
See also
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List of mayors of Bayamón, Puerto Rico
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Timeline of Bayamón, Puerto Rico
The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
19th century
* 1772
** Santa Cruz Church construction begins.
** José Ramírez de Arellano becomes mayor.
* 1883 - Population: 15,752 in ayuntamiento (c ...
References
External links
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Buildings and structures in Bayamón, Puerto Rico
City and town halls in Puerto Rico
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