Cultural Landscape Report for the San Cristóbal Outworks - San Juan National Historic Site
National Park Service, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, Foulds H, von Bieberstein A. 2015. Cultural Landscape Report for the San Cristóbal Outworks - San Juan National Historic Site. SAJU 393/129836. US Government Printing Office. Boston, Massachusetts
The subject of this report is an approximately seven acre parcel of urban land found immediately east of Castillo San Cristóbal’s mortared stone fortifications that has been closed to the public for decades. Being roughly analogous to Castillo El Morro’s larger and more well-known Esplanade to the west, the San Cristóbal Outworks represent precious open space in a city as densely populated as San Juan, Puerto Rico. In an effort to help the park discover and design practical solutions to longstanding preservation issues, this report focuses on the San Cristóbal Outworks landscape, its 20th century history under the US Army and the National Park Service, describes existing landscape conditions, evaluates the significance of the property and its component resources, and provides treatment recommendations that are consistent with the purpose of the park and its current planning documents.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- National Park Service, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation; Foulds, H. Eliot; von Bieberstein, Alexandra
- Date of Issue
- 2015
- Publisher
- US Government Printing Office
- Units
- SAJU
- Keywords
- Coastal Defense, Fortifications, Landscape, OCLP, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, San Juan
- Subjects
- CRIS-CL: 550130: San Cristobal , CRIS-HS: 091719: Guardhouse at San Cristobal , CRIS-HS: 091742: Tunnels of San Cristobal (Batch)