Notes on the Geography of Trinidad: Trinidad: What Oil Money BuysThe pictures in this set were taken early in 2008 (perhaps a decade later than those in the previous two groups) and record some aspects of Trinidad's modernization. Make default image size larger ![]() Downtown Port-of-Spain. ![]() On the outskirts of town, an overpass is under construction. ![]() The overpass itself, with bureaucratic bonhomie. ![]() The Trincity Mall. ![]() Supermarket. ![]() Superpremium ice cream by the pint, quart, and half-gallon at the Trincity SuperValu. ![]() Subdivision sign. ![]() Houses in that subdivision. ![]() Close-up. ![]() Under construction. ![]() Roof detail. ![]() Wall detail. ![]() Waller Field runway, being converted to a college campus. ![]() Police station at Toco, at the northeastern corner of the island. ![]() A local grocery. ![]() The Grand Bazaar, on the road to Chaguanas. ![]() Supermarket at Chaguanas. ![]() Clinic. ![]() Old cane fields being converted to a residential subdivision. ![]() Sign posted near the site shown in the previous picture. ![]() Canefields on the outskirts of San Fernando. ![]() Boundary marker at Cedar Hill, near the fields shown in the previous picture. ![]() House in the Cedar Hill Settlement. The homeowner was in the cement business. ![]() More cane fields under conversion. ![]() Nearby, a branch of the RBTT, formerly the Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago. The bank is a descendant of the Royal Bank of Canada, which opened for business in Trinidad in 1910. ![]() Subdivision near San Fernando. ![]() Satellite dishes in houses in the hamlet of Jacob Settlement, near Siparia, south of San Fernando. ![]() Nearby convenience store. ![]() Entertainment, near Jacob Settlement. |
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