Panama and the canal . How SrKAXdELY iN \Rnu\v Its Si£-L1,ts Ark I The Plaza INDEPENDENCE PLAZA the band concerts or to promenade beneath the hghts andpalm trees. For more than two hundred years this Plazahas witnessed some of the most important events in thehistory of Panama. If the City of Panama is the capital ofthe Republic, this small square is its very heart. There areother old churches and other parks in the city, but nonequite so interestingas these. Not all the town,however, is as at-tractive asIndepend-ence Plaza. Muchfilth, many vilequarters, evil-smell-ing and unheal th-ful streets
Panama and the canal . How SrKAXdELY iN \Rnu\v Its Si£-L1,ts Ark I The Plaza INDEPENDENCE PLAZA the band concerts or to promenade beneath the hghts andpalm trees. For more than two hundred years this Plazahas witnessed some of the most important events in thehistory of Panama. If the City of Panama is the capital ofthe Republic, this small square is its very heart. There areother old churches and other parks in the city, but nonequite so interestingas these. Not all the town,however, is as at-tractive asIndepend-ence Plaza. Muchfilth, many vilequarters, evil-smell-ing and unheal th-ful streets, revealthe usual conditionsthat are all toocommon in tropicalcities. Yet ourgeneral feeling, aswe examine thetown, will not bewholly unpleasant. From the Cathedral Plaza it is only a short walk to theharbor. A stroll out on the old sea-wall is full of noveltyand interest. This is the very same wall which the Spaniards. Copyright by Wni. 11 A<i.:. Calle Bolivar, One of the Better Streets ofPanama City. 82 THE OLD CATHEDRAL
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