Valsayn is a town in

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...

. It is located along the

East–West Corridor The East–West Corridor is the built-up area of north Trinidad stretching from the capital, Port of Spain, east to Arima. The term was coined by economist and political philosopher Lloyd Best, after gleaning the works of a technocrat named ...

in northern Trinidad between the

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Uriah Butler Highway The Uriah Butler Highway, sometimes referred to as UBH, is one of the major north–south highways on Trinidad in Trinidad and Tobago. It is named after Tubal Uriah Butler. It runs from Champs Fleurs to Chaguanas where it meets the Sir Solomon ...

Churchill–Roosevelt Highway The Churchill–Roosevelt Highway, sometimes refers to as CRH, is the major east–west highway on Trinidad island in Trinidad and Tobago. It runs for from Barataria in the west (where it joins the Beetham Highway) to Wallerfield in the east ( ...

and

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. Valsayn consists of a small number of luxury residential communities divided between Valsayn-North and Valsayn-South, as well as settlements on the outskirts on the southern side of the highway, such as Bamboo Settlement on the West and Spring Village on the East. It is one of the most expensive residential areas on the island. Among its inhabitants are political figures, businessmen and foreign investors. The Valpark Shopping Plaza is one of the oldest shopping malls in Trinidad and Tobago. It is also the site of Cipriani College of Labour and Co-Operative Studies, the Valsayn campus of the

University of Trinidad and Tobago The University of Trinidad and Tobago, also known as UTT, is a state owned university in Trinidad and Tobago established in 2004. Its main campus, currently under construction, will be located at Wallerfield in Trinidad. Presently, its campuses a ...

, the factory of Nestlé Trinidad and Tobago Limited, and has two licensed radio broadcasters, Radio 90.5 and Heartbeat 103.5.

Valsayn Park

Valsayn Park is the upscale residential portion of Valsayn. It consists of Valsayn Park North and Valsayn Park South, the boundaries of which meet at and are delimited by the Churchill–Roosevelt Highway. The western portion of Valsayn Park North is referred to as Jamboree or Jamboree Park, named after a large scouting jamboree that took place there in 1961. The eastern portion of Valsayn Park South is referred to as Realspring or Realspring Gardens. Generally, the lot sizes in Jamboree and Realspring are smaller than in other parts of Valsayn.

Architecture

The architectural heritage of Valsayn Park is spotty and incoherent. The original stock of houses were built in the "modern" ranch style, typified by low slope shed roofs, concrete vent blocks, in situ

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floors and stock aluminum sliding doors. Some were architecturally designed, influenced by contemporary developments in North America during the forties, fifties and sixties. Most however, were designed by owners and contractors working loosely in that mode, with those elements and features, to varying degrees of success. As tastes and trends changed in the seventies and eighties, in step with the booming oil-based economy, the more modest homes of the fifties and sixties were joined by lavishly designed mansions, occupied by the wealthy business class of citizens. Over the decades it has become one of the most expensive neighbourhoods to live in.

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