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(This is Part Twenty Seven of a Street View tour of vintage and historical street and pedestrian lights for enthusiasts to view and in hopes of encouraging cities and towns to preserve some of these old luminaires and electroliers, or at least choose replicas that reflect the character of historic districts when modernizing their lighting. The images link to Google Street Views to make it easy to "look around" if an image interests you. The photos begin in
Part One.)
As in most cities, San Juan has modernized most of its street lighting to HPS, and more recently, LEDs. However there are still pockets of old luminaires and electroliers that can be found if we look hard enough.
Almost all of these lamps have lost their diffusing glass. (Calle Europa and Avenida Diego)
Originally incandescent, an HPS bulb can be seen. (Calle Europa and Avenida Diego)
Some now being retrofitted with LEDs. (Avenida Ponce de Leon)
Aslightly different design, still with glassware. (Avenida Todd)
In older sections, the lamps hang on buildings (Calle_san_justo)
Close-up of the wall-mounted lamps. (Calle San Justo and Calle de la Fortaleza)
Why lamps are on buildings. Power is run across the roofs! (Calle de la Fortaleza)
Postmounted version of the lamps. (Plaza de SanJose)
Quintuplets, retrofitted with corn bulbs. (Quartel de Ballaja)
Triplets. (Quartel de Ballaja)
Another perspective of the triplets. (Quartel de Ballaja)
Column mounted doubles and singles. (Cementerio Santa María Magdalena de Pazzi)
Unusual post globes. (Calle Cementerio)
Ornate post. (La Fortaleza)
Close-up of lamp detail, ripple glass. (La Fortaleza)
A bracket mounted version. (Paseo de la Princesa)
Slightly larger version, perhaps for a larger bulb. (Calle Paseo de Colon)
Opal glass globes. (Hotel Plaza Colon)
Clear glass globes. (Caleta de las Monjas)
More distinctive globes. (Paseo Covadonga)
An iconic POLICE globe in an art deco sconce (N. Monroe Street)
Please note: If you notice any entries that need correction or are aware of vintage lights still in service that should be added to this section, please
Email Me.
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