The Curse of Columbus: The Vanquished Airport of the Americas

The paper discusses the complex life of a monument ignored by historians. The Columbus Memorial Lighthouse in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic is the subject. It was the result of a competition held in 1928 sponsored by the Pan-American Union to design the great Pan-American Airport. In its time the competition was heralded as the largest international event ever held. The circumstances in which the project took shape and reached completion are explored. The intention is to point to possible connections between the individuals and events that shaped its history to argue for recovering the lesson lost in time.

Volume Editors
Marilys R. Nepomechie & Robert Gonzalez

ISBN
0-935502-54-8