The Parque Urbano Dora Colón Clavell (English: Dora Colón Clavell Urban Park) is a passive park in Ponce, Puerto Rico

Ponce, Puerto Rico

Ponce is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.The city of Ponce, the fourth most populated in Puerto Rico, and the most populated outside of the San Juan metropolitan area, is named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the...

. The park is named after the mother of ex-governor of Puerto Rico and Ponce native, Rafael Hernández Colón

Rafael Hernández Colón

Rafael Hernández Colón is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the fourth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for three non-consecutive terms, from 1973 to 1977 and from 1985 to 1993. An experienced politician, Hernández holds the record for being the youngest Governor of Puerto Rico,...

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Location

The park is a passive urban family park. It is located in Ponce's Historical District, near a number of museums and parks, including the Ponce Massacre Museum and the Abolition Park

Abolition Park

Parque de la Abolicion is a city park in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The park is the only park in the Caribbean dedicated to commemorating the abolition of slavery.-Location and features:...

. It features a number of kiosks (that are currently not in use) and a central stage where the Ponce Municipal band stages free open-air concerts.

History

The park was built in 1995 under the administration of mayor Churumba and, in the same year, it received the award for Outstanding Construction Work of the Year (Spanish: "Obra Sobresaliente del Año") from the College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico

College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico

The Professional College of Engineers and Land Surveyors of Puerto Rico , is a quasi-public nonprofit corporation that was established on 15 May 1938, through Act 319 of 1938 to bring together professionals with the right to practice engineering, architecture and surveying in Puerto Rico.The...

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Amenities

The park has a handy underground parking garage. It also features gardens, a Mudéjar

Mudéjar

Mudéjar is the name given to individual Moors or Muslims of Al-Andalus who remained in Iberia after the Christian Reconquista but were not converted to Christianity...

-style kiosk for the Ponce Municipal Band traditional Sunday concerts, a trolley stop, a restaurant, and food stands.

There is a convenient underground parking garage at the park. The parking garage has two levels. In the first (top-most) level of the garage there is a Ponce tourist police station.