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PostPosted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 4:24 am 
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from Friday, November 24 A.M. Costa Rica :

"Bridge would link two notorious downtown establishments

Operators of the notorious Hotel Del Rey on Avenida 1 at Calle 9 are seeking to construct a pedestrian bridge between the hotel and the Key Largo bar and dance club to the east.
Permission for the bridge is on the agenda of the Consejo Municipal of San José, but it has not yet been acted upon.
The Del Rey owns the Key Largo, once a luxury home for the city's elite. Now the structure, which has been remodeled, holds three bars and a central dance floor.
Some municipal employees suspect that the reason for the bridge is not to keep customers safe from traffic on Calle 9. Instead, they think the idea is to keep customers safe from visiting competing establishments nearby.
The Del Rey is well known as a place where men and some women meet sex industry professional. So is the Key Largo."


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WOW I didn't know that! There are "sex industry professionals" at the DR and KL. I think the bridge would be a lousy idea. Where would all the hawkers congregate if the Gringos are on the bridge? Knowing John,he will probably charge a fee to cross the bridge.
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Great news:

Now they'll be even fewer reasons for me to ever leave the Del Rey.

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Sorry you had to find out this way but all those girls are not there just to see you.
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Competing businesses... let me think... Well, there's the gut bucket guy, the blood pressure guy, the cigar guys, the 'rolex' and 'rayban' guys, the 'hey buddy one coin' guys, the rip off taxis, the muggers (transvestite and otherwise) and MAYBE the Horseshoe Casino. I would call that competetion only in the sense that they'll take your money.

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I'm just wondering where they would put it,
so that trucks and buses can get by.
Perhaps the landing between the ground
floor and first floor would be high enough,
if the bridge was arched.
I think VB has a point about big John, you know
he will think of a way to make money off
that bridge... :roll:...c50 toll each way,
with one of the big ass bouncers on each
side, making sure no one slips by... :wink:
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Hmmm. A lot of Trolls are going to be under that bridge if indeed it is built. Including old Circus.

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finally some of those trolls that hand at the dr will have a place to go.i have seen too many yuck faces in there on my last few trips. just like at the fun parks you have to be this tall to ride there should be a picture and sign at the del rey door that says "YOU SHOULD BE THIS PRETTY TO ENTER" enough of the ugly chics.

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I hope they put in moving stairs for old farts like me and Circus.
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There's been a fair amount of discussion of the Puente Del Rey in the local spanish press in the last couple of days. None of it positive.

La Nacion had two op-ed pieces:

One, titled "Pimp-tourism" compared San Jose to Battista-era Havana. It suggested "lo único que le falta a Costa Rica es poner luces rojas en sus puertos y aeropuertos” (the only thing that remains is for Costa Rica to put red lights in it ports and airports) http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2006/noviembre/19/opinion900019.html

The other op-ed was right out of Jonathan Swift, suggesting that in addition to having a bridge for sex workers and their clients perhaps the Consejo should consider bridges for the two schools that share the area near Parque Morazon. After all, eveyone needs protection from the risks of the street. http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2006/noviembre/10/opinion890272.html

And finally Al Dia conducted an interview with the acting mayor. She, along with the Planning Commission, is opposed to the bridge. Toward the end of the iterview she suggests it would't be such a bad idea if the whole issue of prostitution were taken up by the Legislative Assembly. http://www.aldia.co.cr/ad_ee/2006/noviembre/23/nacionales904875.html

IMHO it looks like this project may end up being an example of un-intended consequences coming to roost--if only terms of more bad publicity.


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Could this be the Del Rey's answer to recent gringo safety and security issues? :roll: :lol:
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Pelo de Gato wrote:
The other op-ed was right out of Jonathan Swift, suggesting that in addition to having a bridge for sex workers and their clients perhaps the Consejo should consider bridges for the two schools that share the area near Parque Morazon. After all, eveyone needs protection from the risks of the street. publicity.


I think that's a great idea. Give the students a bridge to the Del Rey and Key Largo.

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I should get them to build one of those air suction tubes from my house to the HDR just like the kind they have at the bank. I can just jump in and get sucked all the way to SJ. :lol:

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I would love to see them do ANYTHING that would get the street urchins out of our path.

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It sounds good but I have a warm fuzzy feeling it is a bridge too far :? .

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The latest information on the proposed bridge.

From Inside Costa Rica, Thursday January 4, 2007

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Del Rey Pedestrian Bridge Continues in Controversy
San José mayor, Johnny Araya, says he will veto the decision taken by the Concejo de la Municipalidad de San José (municipal council) in approving the pedestrian bridge connecting the Hotel Del Rey and Key Largo in downtown San José.

The owners of the hotel and the restaurant and bar across the street applied for a pedestrian bridge to be built over Calle 7, connecting the two businesses.

The vote take on Tuesday was five in favour and one against, while one "regidor" (council members) was not present in the session room when the vote was taken.

Patricia Marín, president of the council said that is possible that the "regidores may reject the mayor's veto, which would then send the matter to the Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo (an arbitration board) who will then decide the legality of the veto.

Araya said that his veto is based on the technical criteria set out by the Departamento de Urbanismo, who is opposed to the construction of the bridge as it is not of public interest.

Marín, however, says that there is no reason to the opposition since the Ministerio de Obras Pública y Transportes (MOPT) and the departamento de Patrimonio have already given the project the green light.
















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