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Cutting down trees in Santo Domingo
I believe the government finally acknowledge that the reason they are substituting the traditional trees is for crime fighting reason. The rationale is that it is very difficult to hide behind the trunk of a palm tree, and that a traditional tree trunk may stop a round shot from an automatic rifle, while the traditional tree would not.
"And access to the 9-mile Malecon seaside walkway, sandwiched between the Caribbean shore and the city's high-rise hotel strip, has been blocked for all but hotel guests, a move the civic association says aims to banish Dominicans from the beach"
Can they do that? Dominicans can't use public space in their own city? What if you are visiting and staying with friends, you can't walk along the Malecon? That's insane!
At least it seems the protesters have put at a temporary stop to the madness.
Can they do that? Dominicans can't use public space in their own city? What if you are visiting and staying with friends, you can't walk along the Malecon? That's insane!
At least it seems the protesters have put at a temporary stop to the madness.
"Although Dominican coastal resorts attract 3.7 million vacationers each year, few venture into a capital that is a teeming slum except for a few blocks around the Spanish colonial landmarks."
Santo Domingo (D.N.) a "teeming slum" except for some areas around the "Spanish colonial landmarks"?
Santo Domingo (D.N.) a "teeming slum" except for some areas around the "Spanish colonial landmarks"?
The Malec?n is not closed to visitors. The Ayuntamiento (city government) evicted all the vendors and does not illuminate the ocean side areas at night anymore.
People can still visit the Malec?n as they please.
Supposedly there will be renovations.........on a Caribbean time schedule. :tired:
People can still visit the Malec?n as they please.
Supposedly there will be renovations.........on a Caribbean time schedule. :tired:
Roberto Salcedo refer to this article not too long ago. Obviously he had news of this article before it was published, because he clearly mentioned the LA Times.
This is the same anti-government chirade that occurs with whatever government that is in power.
-NALs
Roberto Salcedo did said that this report is part of the anti-Dominican campaign which is attempting to discredit the DR as a tourist destination. I'll see if I can find the article where Salcedo is quoted saying such.
-NALs
Who wants to discredit the DR as a tourist destination? (except maybe a few bad apples on here)
Thanks for the story NALs.
I still don't get it though. What international interests would benefit from this? My spanish isn't that great, maybe I missed something.
Did they really cut all those trees down? I'm just worried about the people who need the shade and the beauty of the trees.
Hey, at least they say they'll plant more.
Those others were only, oh, 100'S OF YEARS OLD! ?????
I still don't get it though. What international interests would benefit from this? My spanish isn't that great, maybe I missed something.
Did they really cut all those trees down? I'm just worried about the people who need the shade and the beauty of the trees.
Hey, at least they say they'll plant more.
Those others were only, oh, 100'S OF YEARS OLD! ?????
I am still really hung up on this excerpt from the article. This was not an editorial piece but the above statement is clearly opinion (a bogus one if you ask me). Where's the basis for a statement like this?
Bogus Article?
Mariano
Stamford, CT
Comments (from the original story link at beginning of thread)
"This story is bogus and misleading. Go to www.adn.gov.do which is Santo Domingo's city government website. The entire project is clearly and in depth described there, available to anyone with the slightest inclination of knowing the truth. And why did Carol Williams mentions that Santo Domingo is a teeming slum except for a few city blocks? Its obvious this person has NEVER been to Santo Domingo. Go to google earth and zoom into Santo Domingo to see just how many areas are not "teeming slums" and then visit the place. Why do people write stuff about places they have not been too?"
The 'teeming slum' line seems to be making people pretty angry.
Here is the English version (poorly translated) of Santo Domingo's city government site:
Translated version of http://www.adn.gov.do/
Mariano
Stamford, CT
Comments (from the original story link at beginning of thread)
"This story is bogus and misleading. Go to www.adn.gov.do which is Santo Domingo's city government website. The entire project is clearly and in depth described there, available to anyone with the slightest inclination of knowing the truth. And why did Carol Williams mentions that Santo Domingo is a teeming slum except for a few city blocks? Its obvious this person has NEVER been to Santo Domingo. Go to google earth and zoom into Santo Domingo to see just how many areas are not "teeming slums" and then visit the place. Why do people write stuff about places they have not been too?"
The 'teeming slum' line seems to be making people pretty angry.
Here is the English version (poorly translated) of Santo Domingo's city government site:
Translated version of http://www.adn.gov.do/
She seem to care a lot about the people living in the "teeming slum", so I'm surprised she only focused on visiting and interviewing people from the "few blocks around the Spanish colonial landmarks" .
too bad
Proyecto Santo Domingo Verde
too bad
Proyecto Santo Domingo Verde
While any coast/shoreline is technacally a beach, that journalist kind go overboard by sort-of making most people who generally read the LA Times, and whatever other newspaper in the U.S. this article was sindicated to, think of the Santo Domingo coast as some sort-of perculiar Copa Cabana, one that "has been blocked for all but hotel guests" - one in which the locals are completely forbidden to tread in to.
If anything, the opposite is generally true, ..the curren mayor has the Malecon closed during the weekend (or atleast 'till last time I was there) so that people from the teeming slum could use the road as though is were an urban park (i.e. for skating, walking etc), as well as a venue to to listen for free to city sponsored live music, and other programmed and non-programmed events, ...
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aegapm, Thank you so much.
I thought there was something odd about that story on Santo Domingo. Everyone I have talked to that either lives there or has been there has disagreed about the assessments made in the LA Times article. I find it very interesting that so many people, including myself, can be misled at times by what they read. The photos you posted are great!
I thought there was something odd about that story on Santo Domingo. Everyone I have talked to that either lives there or has been there has disagreed about the assessments made in the LA Times article. I find it very interesting that so many people, including myself, can be misled at times by what they read. The photos you posted are great!
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