from abandonment

The Panama Canal, which allows goods to pass between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, is considered by engineers to be one of the modern world’s most wonderful achievements. Built in 1932 on land made from material dredged during the construction of the canal, Fort Amador, or the Causeway de Amador, housed the US troops who once controlled the Canal Zone. The rubble comes from the main entrance to building #121, a theater for films and live productions. In 1996, as the zone was returned to Panamanian control, US soldiers handed off the base and the theater presented its last screening. Then the vacant base was abandoned. These architectural remnants, now hidden amidst the jungles of Panama, makes one wonder if these structures could have lasted a few centuries more? When few cultural spaces are being built, it would be prized.

Pedro Icaza in the Causeway de Amador