The Malecón’s revival: Santo Domingo seeks to revitalize its iconic waterfront

[Dolores]

The Malecón, once a vibrant hub of activity and a beloved landmark in Santo Domingo, has seen a decline in recent decades. However, the waterfront is poised for a resurgence with a wave of new investments and development projects coming, Diario Libre’s Adalberto de la Rosa reports.

He recalls how in past decades, the Malecón had been synonymous with the city’s nightlife and culinary scene. But beginning in the 1990s, businesses started to shutter and the area’s popularity waned, largely due to the rise of large shopping malls and entertainment complexes in the Poligono Central area of the city to the north of the Malecon.

De la Rosa shares the comments of an experienced urban planner who believes that the Malecón has the potential to again become a major tourist attraction but that this will require a comprehensive development plan that complements the nearby Colonial City. He...

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[JD Jones]

The time is now to do something with Luz y Agua.

 

[Glenn Burke]

There's too much sewage goes there. (well maybe it goes to the river and then spread into the sea, but anyway)... You start to feel urine smell 2 blocks from Malecon. If you stand right on Malecon, it smells like it's not sea water there but 50/50 mix with urine and feces. So yeah, it's true that the article says, not every country has a waterfront like this.

 

[RG84]

I wonder which part?

 

[Glenn Burke]

I wonder which part?

what, the smell? I believe the worst is in front of Malecon Center. But I haven't been near Zona Colonial for a long time, maybe it's worse there now, who knows.

 

[NALs]

The first thing they need to do is finish the job.

When SD’s malecón was “the vibrant hub of activity,” the road didn’t had two different appearance depending on what sidewalk you’re looking at. Now the SDE malecón is like that too. This is ridiculous. The hotels, most restaurants, nightclubs, whatever that would be in the malecón area will be in the side that was not improved!

If you think that and the psychological effect that has doesn’t really matter to support businesses, keep thinking that.

 

[Tom F.]

Bill Lockward did a video on this on YouTube.