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Puerto Rico Travel Blog Helpful tips to make your experience more memorable. Barrio La Perla Recently the houses of La Perla have been painted, it is like a rainbow of hope in the humble neighborhood.
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Back in the 19th century, being outside the city walls was not desirable. There was a slaughterhouse on the site; slaves, the homeless, and non-white servants were required to live outside the city walls, so that was the beginning of homes being built right on the waterfront on that site. Back in those days, living right on the water was for the poor and landless, but today it has reversed.
La Perla remains, the families that have lived there for many years defend their right to keep their homes. The government has tried in many ways to get them to move from the area in order to beautify the area, but it has failed. La Perla is a unique community with a history that goes back for generations. We ask tourists to please be respectful of La Perla residents. Residents of La Perla have a very strong code, they strongly respect tourists, and there has not been any history of visitors being harmed.
After the nefarious winds of September 20, , some of the La Perla structures were left in ruins. They did not wait for government aid to arrive. They themselves razed rubble and cleaned up the streets.
They wiped their tears, joined forces, and went out to help the community and give encouragement to those who needed it.
The help of Puerto Rican artists and other organizations soon arrived. After three weeks, an electric brigade arrived to gave them back light, and as a token of gratitude, they made the workers a Puerto Rican dinner. Now more than a year after the passage of the hurricane, we visited the community. Lourdes, vice president of the La Perla Community Board, welcomed us with a warm smile. She was very enthusiastic in telling the stories that guard the walls that divide the neighborhood from the rest of the capital city.
She showed the Head Start building and proudly expressed that it was the first one that opened in Puerto Rico. Sonia, who is passionate about reading, decided to share her books for the benefit of the community created the open-air bookstore.
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