Ricardo Domínguez Urbano-Taylor
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Ricardo Domínguez Urbano-Taylor (Caracas
, Venezuela
March 30, 1903- Caracas
, Venezuela
January 30, 1976)
Businessman, town planner and journalist. In 1952, he bought from Ángel Corao El Heraldo, a well-known newspaper in Caracas. In 1956, he launched a humoruous publication called "El Gavilán Colorao" in "Actualidades" with painter Luis Alfredo López Méndez and journalist Kotepa Delgado. Simultaneously, Domínguez engaged in the development of Caracas's east section where he helped design and finance the construction of residential areas such as La Castellana, Altamira
, El Country Club alongside his lifelong friends and associates José Loreto Arismendi, Luis Roche
and Werner Heuer Lares, something he unsuccessfully tried to do later on with Caricuao and which an agrarian reform decreed by President Rómulo Betancourt
, who ironically had been an employee of Domínguez, prevented him from accomplishing.
He was the brother in law of Juan García Gruber
.
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
, Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
March 30, 1903- Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
, Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
January 30, 1976)
Businessman, town planner and journalist. In 1952, he bought from Ángel Corao El Heraldo, a well-known newspaper in Caracas. In 1956, he launched a humoruous publication called "El Gavilán Colorao" in "Actualidades" with painter Luis Alfredo López Méndez and journalist Kotepa Delgado. Simultaneously, Domínguez engaged in the development of Caracas's east section where he helped design and finance the construction of residential areas such as La Castellana, Altamira
Altamira (Caracas)
thumb|250px|right|Plaza FranciaAltamira is a neighborhood located in the Chacao municipality of Caracas, Venezuela. It has its own Metro Station, many hotels and restaurants, and is an important business and residential center of the city...
, El Country Club alongside his lifelong friends and associates José Loreto Arismendi, Luis Roche
Luis Roche
Luis Roche was an important Venezuelan urbanist and amateur film director, responsible in great measure for the development of Caracas' east side during the 1940s...
and Werner Heuer Lares, something he unsuccessfully tried to do later on with Caricuao and which an agrarian reform decreed by President Rómulo Betancourt
Rómulo Betancourt
Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello , known as "The Father of Venezuelan Democracy", was President of Venezuela from 1945 to 1948 and again from 1959 to 1964, as well as leader of Accion Democratica, Venezuela's dominant political party in the 20th century...
, who ironically had been an employee of Domínguez, prevented him from accomplishing.
He was the brother in law of Juan García Gruber
Juan Garcia Gruber
Juan Manuel García Grüber was a Venezuelan economist, financier, writer and Juan Manuel García Grüber was a [[Venezuela]]n economist, financier, writer and...
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