Today we borrow a post from Evan Forbes over at EyeOnPanama.com comparing Cartagena to the Casco, because I’ve never been to Cartagena so the only comparison I can make is who has the longer wikipedia page (Cartagena does). Read the article here.
Tag Archives: casco viejo
Cleaning up the Casco
September 9th, 2010
If you live, work, or have even been to the Casco just once, you know that trash in the street here is a problem. But no longer.
A New Way from the Old Quarter?
August 20th, 2010
Below is a reprint of an article written by Patrizia Pinzón for The Visitor in July 2010, it’s too well written to only have been in circulation for one week so here it is to live on in the internet forever… Like many developing countries, Panama is working to apply the fashionable terms “sustainable” and [...]
From our friends at Arco…New book starring the Casco
August 17th, 2010
Head over the the Arco Properties blog for more information about the recently published photography book by Ken Milburn starring the Casco. Here we’ve got a preview of some of the photos from the book, we’ve seen the rest and they are all just as surreal
Yale Business supports Casco Viejo
June 3rd, 2010
Fundación Calicanto, the Casco Antiguo-based NGO originally formed to help the Casco achieve UNESCO World Heritage status, is currently benefiting from the skills of Sara Urbanek, a Yale Business student who is spending six months with the foundation working on long-term planning, new program development and establishing alliances with international organizations. Foundation Calicanto operates several [...]
