In the 1990s, Panama City’s Casco Viejo was one of the city’s most dangerous neighborhoods, overrun by gangs, full of violence and turf wars. Today, one of the staircases in the boutique American Trade Hotel has wallpaper with some of the original graffiti that was found in the abandoned buildings.
The fact that gritty gang slogans are today used as decoration in a designer hotel goes to show just how far Casco Viejo has come. The neighborhood buzzes with restoration and new openings, as the de...
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