Central Park, San Jose

You’ll know you’re in San Jose’s Central Park (close to the business heart of the city) when you see a giant bandstand situated in a sea of concrete.  There are a few trees and a little grass, but it’s the least park-like park I’ve seen in sometime.

01 Central Park

The area is a place to gather and the massive bandstand dates to the 1940s, a gift from then Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza.  It’s the oldest public space in the city, dating to the 1880s.  It was here that Central American independence was declared in 1821.

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02 Central Park

My eye was drawn to this man sweeping the concrete.  For a microsecond I thought it was a real person, but it’s actually a rather nice piece of public art.

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05 Central Park

On the square’s northeastern corner is Teatro Melico Salazar, one of Costa Rica’s premier theatres.  It was completed in 1928.

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