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Supreme Court Building (Puerto Rico)

1955 establishments in Puerto RicoCourthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto RicoGovernment buildings completed in 1955Modern Movement architectureNational Register of Historic Places in San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Corte Suprema 2 San Juan Puerto Rico
Corte Suprema 2 San Juan Puerto Rico

The Supreme Court Building in San Juan, Puerto Rico is an architecturally significant Modern-style building and the seat of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. It was built in 1955 and listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2006. Its modern architecture reflects changes to the Court after the establishment of Puerto Rico's new Commonwealth Status in 1952. The main façade is oriented toward the sites of the other two government's branches: the Capitol and La Fortaleza (the Governor's Mansion).It is a concrete building designed by Puerto Rican firm Toro-Ferrer with design consultation by Charles H. Warner Jr. and Harold Eliot Leeds. The building projects over a reflecting pool, helping it to blend with the park surroundings in Luis Muñoz Rivera Park.The court building was opened in 1956 with U.S. Supreme Court chief justice Earl Warren as the main speaker. The building has been described as "extroverted...light and airy". Its circular courtroom was a unique element meant to symbolize the equality of people.The Supreme Court in Puerto Rico is the highest court in the commonwealth, and is the successor to court first established by the Spanish in 1832.

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Supreme Court Building (Puerto Rico)
Avenida Luis Muñoz Rivera, San Juan

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Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico

Avenida Luis Muñoz Rivera
00906 San Juan (Viejo San Juan)
Puerto Rico, United States
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1983 World Masters Athletics Championships
1983 World Masters Athletics Championships

1983 World Masters Athletics Championships is the fifth in a series of World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships (called World Veterans Games or World Masters Games at the time) that took place in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from 23 to 30 September 1983.The main venue was Estadio Sixto Escobar, : 14 : 15  while Parque Central hosted most field events. : 9  Opening ceremonies were held at Hiram Bithorn Stadium. : 16  The mascot was the jicotea, a freshwater turtle sacred to the indigenous Taíno peoples. This edition of masters athletics Championships had a minimum age limit of 35 years for women and 40 years for men. The governing body of this series is World Association of Veteran Athletes (WAVA). WAVA was formed during meeting at the inaugural edition of this series at Toronto in 1975, then officially founded during the second edition in 1977, then renamed as World Masters Athletics (WMA) at the Brisbane Championships in 2001. : 56 This Championships was organized by WAVA in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC) led by José F. Méndez, with San Juan Mayor Hernán Padilla serving as "Patron of the Games". : 3 In addition to a full range of track and field events, non-stadia events included 10K Cross Country, 10K Race Walk (women), 20K Race Walk (men), and Marathon. The relays were run as unofficial events on the final day, : 18  since the WAVA by-laws had been amended at the 1981 Championships to suspend relays in 1983. As an experiment, there will he no relays in Puerto Rico. The reason being that the host countries usually dominate by sheer numbers and the smaller countries just don't have enough competitors to comprise a team.