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San Juan Reimagined as East Miami Beach Boom Town
Correspondent Robert Berrellez paints San Juan as a tropical boom town resembling Miami Beach with ashford Avenue packed with hotels and shops. The piece contrasts Old San Juan’s colonial fortresses with rising U.S. cultural influence and tourist-driven changes amid nationalist pushback and limited casino activity during peak season January to March.
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Robert Berrellez
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Miami Beach
Gold Coast
Ashford Avenue
Collins Avenue
United States
American Southwest
Spain
U.S
Tourist Board
Old San Juan
la Fortaleza
el Morro
Commonwealth
U.S.A
Vacata
Havana