Teatro Fox Delicias
Francisco Porrata Doria (theater design) Axel Bonilla (mall design) | |
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The Fox Hotel |
Teatro Fox Delicias is a historic building in the city of
Location
The historic structure is located across the historic
Design
The building was designed by
History
Theater
The theater had its origins in the late 1920s when
Mall
After serving Ponce moviegoers for some five decades, the building was sold to the Ruberté family. In 1989 the theater was converted into a mall under the design of architect Axel Bonilla.[7] It was named the Fox Delicias Mall.[8] The new mall opened in March, 1991. It had 26 commercial spaces ranging from 300 square feet (28 m2) to 1,200 square feet (110 m2). It also had a cafe-theater. The total space was 30,000 square feet (2,800 m2). Its president is Eduardo Ruberte Huertas. Its renovation lasted a year and cost $3 million.[9]
Hotel
In 2004 the building started conversion into a hotel.[10][11] The boutique hotel had 30 rooms. The new hotel opened in 2004.[12] While it operated as a hotel, the structure continued to experience a flow of non-resident tourists.[13] It closed around 2010 and in 2018, Grupo Misla Villalba, a group of local investors, acquired the property and it's currently under remodelation to reopen as a Pop Art themed hotel named “The Fox Hotel”.[14][15][16] The hotel reopened on 4 December 2019.[17]
Other area theaters
After Teatro Fox Delicias, a number of theaters opened throughout the city, most of which became known for their architecture. Among these were
- Teatro Victoria, an Art Deco structure,[18] located just three blocks north of Teatro Fox Delicias at Calle Union and Calle Victoria
- Teatro Rivoli, also an Art Deco structure,Barrio Quinto. Architect: Alfredo Wiechers Pieretti.[20]
- Teatro Broadway, a Spanish colonial revival building three blocks west of Teatro Fox Delicias at Calle Mayor Cantera, between Calle Isabel and Calle Sol (building demolished in the 1960s)[21]
- Teatro National, a structure of Cuartoon Calle Comercio and Calle Venezuela
- Teatro Belgica, an Art Deco structure some eight blocks southeast of Teatro Fox Delicias, in the heart of the Belgica sector, Barrio Cuarto, on Calle Colombia and Calle Gran Via
- Teatro Hollywood, another Art Deco building, some eight blocks southwest of Teatro Fox Delicias, in Barrio Primeroen la Calle Villa esq. Calle Esperanza
- Teatro Universal, another Art Deco structure yet located some eight blocks west of Teatro Fox Delicias, on Calle Progreso and Calle Vives
- Teatro Rex, an Art Deco building, located northeast of Teatro Fox Delicias, in the Cantera sector of Barrio Sextoon Calle Mayor Cantera and Calle Acueducto
- Teatro Argel, and Art Deco structure, located west of Teatro Fox Delicias, in the Clausells sector of Barrio Segundo, on Calle Victoria and Calle Fogos
- Teatro Miramar, in Barrio Playa, on Calle Salmon and Calle Alfonso XII, facing the Caribbean Sea
See also
References
- ^ Resurge el Fox Delicias como primer hotel temático de la ciudad Periodico La Perla del Sur. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ Teatro Fox Delicias Accessed January 23, 2011.
- ^ Memorias de don Luis A. Ferré: A continuación un capítulo de la autobiografía de don Luis A. Ferré, narrada por su hija Rosario Ferré en el libro "Memorias de Ponce", libro publicado en 1992. El Nuevo Dia. Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. 22 October 2011. Accessed 7 March 2018.
- ^ Reseña Biografica de Francisco Porrata-Doria.
- ^ University Press of Florida
- ^ Encyclopedia Puerto Rico. Accessed January 23, 2011.
- ^ Secretaría de Arte y Cultura del Gobierno Municipal de Ponce, Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades, and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico. Ponce Ciudad Museo 2001. 2001. p. 43.
- ^ Encyclopedia Puerto Rico. Accessed January 23, 2011.
- ^ Legendary Fox Delicias to be shopping mall. Accessed January 23, 2011.
- ^ Puerto Rico Off the Beaten Path. 5th Edition. Tina Cohen and Ron Bernthal. Page 91.
- ^ Teatro Fox Delicias. Frommer's Puerto Rico. Walking Tour of Ponce.
- ^ Panoramio photo of Transition from mall to hotel.
- ^ Redescubre a la Perla del Sur el Fondo de Mejoramiento. Carmen Cila Rodriguez. La Perla del Sur. Year 27. Issue 1345. pp. 20-21. 9 September 2009. Accessed 5 May 2016.
- ^ Más habitaciones en el Sur. Sandra Torres Guzmán. Primera Hora. 5 September 2018. Accessed 12 January 2019.
- ^ The Fox Hotel Facebook Official Page.
- ^ CCSPR apoya empresarios de Ponce interesados en aeropuerto. Es Noticia. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 26 de abril al 9 de Mayo de 2019. p. 7. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ [1] Noticias de Ponce. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ ArtDeco en Ponce. Archived 5 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ ArtDeco en Ponce. Archived 5 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ Ponce: Disfrutalo: Galeria de Fotos: Fotos Antiguas: Image 33 of 85. Archived 29 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine Ponce Municipal Government. Official Website. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- ISBN 0-615-12181-0.
External links
- Rendering of Teatro Fox Delicias
- Photo of Teatro Fox Delicias in circa 1939
- Photo of Teatro Fox Delicias in March 1949
- Picture of Fox Delicias Mall, no date.
- Transition from mall to hotel in July 2004.
- Picture of Fox Delicias Hotel in 2005
- Picture of Fox Delicias Hotel in 2007
- Picture of Fox Delicias Hotel in 2009
- Fox Delicias Hotel in 2010
- Map showing location of Teatro Fox Delicias relative to Plaza Las Delicias
- The Fox Hotel