Milla de Oro explained

Milla de Oro
Official Name:Hato Rey
Settlement Type:Central Business District of San Juan, Puerto Rico
Pushpin Map:Hato Rey Norte
Subdivision Type:Commonwealth
Subdivision Name: Puerto Rico
Parts Type:Municipality
Parts Style:para
P1: San Juan

Milla de Oro (English for Gilded Mile) is both the popular name given to the main central business district of San Juan and a nickname given to the sections of Juan Ponce de León Avenue and Luis Muñoz Rivera Avenue that cross Hato Rey Norte from north to south. It encompasses the largest agglomeration of corporate investment, banking and finance institutions in the Caribbean. The headquarters of Puerto Rico's largest retail investment bank, Popular, Inc., are located at Popular Center in 208 Juan Ponce de León Ave. La Milla de Oro is served by the Tren Urbano stations of Hato Rey, Roosevelt, Domenech and Piñero stations in addition to numerous bus routes with connections to Río Piedras, Plaza Las Américas, Santurce and Old San Juan.

List of buildings at La Milla de Oro

Plans

Milla de Oro has received criticism from nearby communities for its lonely and dark environment after work hours. In order to foster tourism and economic growth in the area, the government has planned to convert the district into a more community friendly sector by attracting tourists, visitors, and local residents to the district during after hours through concerts, retail shops, and nightspots.

The first phase of this conversion was to locate the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum and several Tren Urbano metro system stations in the district. Banco Popular recently inaugurated a new project near its headquarters called Arts Cinemas at Popular Center for exhibiting foreign and independent films and a deli-café. New residential apartments and a 31-story high commercial complex near the Coliseum are being developed in the area as well.

Milla de Oro in popular culture

The Milla de Oro was heavily featured in the Calle 13 2010 musical video for "Calma Pueblo". The song features lead singer, Residente, singing on top of a building while businessmen and random people run around the Milla de Oro, eventually getting naked.[2] [3]

The Milla de Oro was also featured in the film Fast Five during one of the heists.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Firuzeh . Shokooh Valle . Fraternidad con fin social y sin violencia . PRIMERA HORA . 14 March 2005 . 2008-01-03 . es . https://web.archive.org/web/20111002194353/http://archivo.primerahora.com/abstract.asp?guid=CD8E3B45620E43EBB9E2A6669C1FDF86&year=2005 . 2 October 2011 . dead .
  2. News: Controvertible video de Calle 13. https://archive.today/20130121231014/http://www.elnuevodia.com/Xstatic/endi/template/imprimir.aspx?id=750154&t=3. dead. January 21, 2013. El Nuevo Día. July 29, 2010.
  3. News: Explosión musical y creativa de Calle 13. Primera Hora. July 29, 2010. Amary Santiago Torres.
  4. News: Sigue prendía la acción de Fast Five en Hato Rey. Primera Hora. July 26, 2010.