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Casa Alcaldía de Bayamón

Bayamón, Italy

Casa Alcaldía de Bayamón

Casa Alcaldía de Bayamón (Spanish for Bayamón City Hall) is a building in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. 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. Casa Alcaldía de Bayamón was inaugurated in 1980 by May

or 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, it's been occupied by mayors representing the Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP), a political party that advocates statehood for Puerto Rico. Located next to El Parque del tren, 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...

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