query: On what Caribbean Island was Ponce de Leon governor?

title: Juan Ponce de León

text: explore the neighboring island of Puerto Rico in 1508 and was named the first Governor of Puerto Rico by appointment of the Spanish crown in 1509. While Ponce de León grew quite wealthy from his plantations and mines, he faced an ongoing legal conflict with Diego Columbus, the late Christopher Columbus's son, over the right to govern Puerto Rico. After a long court battle, Columbus replaced Ponce de León as governor in 1511. Ponce de León decided to follow the advice of the sympathetic King Ferdinand and explore more of the Caribbean Sea. In 1513, Ponce de León led the

title: Juan Ponce de León II

text: Juan Ponce de León II Juan Ponce de León II (1524 - 1591) was the first acting governor of Puerto Rico to be born on the island. Ponce de León II, (birth name: Juan Troche Ponce de León ), was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Viceroyalty of New Spain, to Juan Garcia "Gracia" Troche and Juana Ponce de León. The Spanish Conquistador Juan Ponce de León was Juana's father and, consequently, Ponce de León II's maternal grandfather. Ponce de León II was sent by the Spanish Crown to establish a settlement on the island of Trinidad in 1569. He

title: Nicolás Suárez Ponce de León

text: de Pereda and Juana Ponce de León. His father was a captain and "Justicia Mayor" (Chief Justice) of the Viceroyalty of Peru, while his paternal grandfather was Captain Alonso Suárez de Pereda, and his maternal grandfather, Fernando Ponce de León, was one of the first Spanish conquistadors of Peru. Nicolás Ponce was apparently a cousin to, but definitely not a direct descendant of Juan Ponce de Leon, the explorer and governor of Puerto Rico and Florida. In 1622, Ponce began his military service with the Spanish Army in various actions against indigenous peoples in the province of Santa Marta, when

title: Pedro Ponce de León

text: to be eligible for salvation under Christian doctrine. In Ponce, Puerto Rico, there is a school for deaf children named Colegio Fray Pedro Ponce de León. It is located in Urbanización La Rambla. Pedro Ponce de León Dom Pedro Ponce de Leon, O.S.B., (1520–1584) was a Spanish Benedictine monk who is often credited as being "the first teacher for the deaf". Ponce de Leon established a school for the deaf at the San Salvador Monastery in Oña. His students were almost all children of wealthy aristocrats who could afford private tutoring. His work with deaf children focused on helping them

title: Juan Ponce de León II

text: were transferred to the Cathedral of San Juan Bautista, which is also located in Old San Juan. Juan Ponce de León II's remains are still interred at San José Church in San Juan. Puerto Rico has honored his memory by naming a high school in the town of Florida, Puerto Rico after him. Juan Ponce de León II Juan Ponce de León II (1524 - 1591) was the first acting governor of Puerto Rico to be born on the island. Ponce de León II, (birth name: Juan Troche Ponce de León ), was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Viceroyalty

title: Juan Ponce de León II

text: founded the "town of the Circumcision", probably around modern Laventille. In 1570, this settlement was abandoned, possibly because of the raids by the Caribs which resulted in the death of de Leon's son. According to some historians, Ponce de León II may have been an on and off governor of the island from 1571 to 1591. In 1579, the Spanish Crown named Jerónimo De Agüero Campuzano governor of Puerto Rico. He was to replace the then governor Francisco De Obando Y Mexia. During the time that it took Jerónimo De Agüero Campuzano to travel from Spain to Puerto Rico, Ponce

title: Juan Ponce de León

text: large stone house Ponce de León ordered built for his growing family still stands today near the city of Salvaleón de Higüey. As provincial governor, Ponce de León had occasion to meet with the Taínos who visited his province from neighboring Puerto Rico. They told him stories of a fertile land with much gold to be found in the many rivers. Inspired by the possibility of riches, Ponce de León requested and received permission from Ovando to explore the island. His first reconnaissance of the island is usually dated to 1508 but there is evidence that he had made a

title: Museo de Arte de Ponce

text: Museo de Arte de Ponce Museo de Arte de Ponce (MAP) is an art museum located on Avenida Las Américas in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It houses a collection of European art, as well as work by Puerto Rican artists. The museum contains one of the most important Pre-Raphaelite collections in the Western Hemisphere, holding some 4,500 pieces of art distributed among fourteen galleries. Museo de Arte de Ponce is the finest art museum in Puerto Rico. The largest art museum in the Caribbean, it has also been called one of the best in the Americas. It was the first museum

title: Juan Ponce de León

text: authorized him to settle Florida. He returned to the Caribbean in 1515, but plans to organize an expedition to Florida were delayed by the death of King Ferdinand in 1516, after which Ponce de León again traveled to Spain to defend his grants and titles. He would not return to Puerto Rico for two years. In 1521, Ponce de León finally returned to southwest Florida with the first large-scale attempt to establish a Spanish colony in what is now the continental United States. However, the native Calusa people fiercely resisted the incursion, and he was seriously wounded in a skirmish.

title: Bahía de Ponce

text: recreational facilities, among others, and its bay is home to the most important commercial harbor on the Puerto Rico's Caribbean coast and the second largest in the island. The Bay is bounded in the west by Punta Cucharas and in the east by Punta Carenero, in the south by the Caribbean Sea and in the north by Barrio Playa and Barrio Canas. In years past, Río Portugués and Río Matilde both emptied into the Bay, but since the 1970s only Río Matilde empties there now. El Tuque beach is the next water feature immediately west of Bahía de Ponce, and

title: Plaza del Mercado de Ponce

text: Plaza del Mercado de Ponce Plaza del Mercado de Ponce (English: Ponce Market Plaza), or formally, Plaza del Mercado Isabel Segunda (often abbreviated as Plaza del Mercado Isabel II), is a historic marketplace building in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It was inaugurated in 1863 by Ponce Mayor Don Luis de Quixano. The building was designed by famed engineer Timoteo Luberza. The Plaza occupies a city block in the Ponce Historic Zone at the grid formed by Calle Atocha, Estrella, Leon, and Castillo streets. It has room for 65 kiosks. It was originally called "Plaza del Capa." The building was erected from

title: Juan Ponce de León y Loayza

text: Juan Ponce de León y Loayza Juan Ponce de León y Loayza (born San Juan, Puerto Rico) was the son of Juan Ponce de León II (born "Juan Troche-Ponce de León"), the interim Spanish governor of Puerto Rico in 1579. His mother was Isabel de Loayza born in Villa Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain, the daughter of Governor Iñigo López de Cervantes y Loayza. The city of Ponce, Puerto Rico, was named after Juan Ponce de León y Loayza. Juan Ponce de León y Loayza's father, Juan Ponce de León II, was the son of lady Juana Ponce de

title: Nestor Ponce de Leon

text: Nestor Ponce de Leon Néstor Ponce de León ( February 26, 1837- December 17,1899) was a Cuban author, editor, translator, publisher, and bookseller. Nestor Ponce de Leon was born in Matanzas, Cuba in 1837. Ponce de Leon graduated in 1858 in Jurisprudence on the Caribbean island. He married Antonia Carlota Bachiller y Govin. The couple had five children: two sons, Néstor José Eusebio Ponce de León y Bachiller and Julio César Augusto Ponce de León y Bachiller, and three daughters, Maria Luisa Ponce de León y Bachiller, Carlota Rosabal Ponce de León y Bachiller, and Carlota Ponce de León y

title: Ponce de Leon Avenue

text: was extended to Ponce de Leon Springs, where the Ponce de Leon amusement park would be built; today, Ponce City Market (formerly the Sears building, then City Hall East) stands on the site. Finally in 1889 the line was electrified and extended with the "loop" around what is now Virginia-Highland. West of Peachtree Street were Kimball Street and 2nd Street, portions of which were renamed Ponce de Leon Avenue. (See maps at Atlanta annexations.) In the 1890s-1910s, Ponce de Leon between Midtown and Moreland Avenue (the border of Druid Hills) was one of the city's premier residential streets lined with

title: Ponce de Leon Avenue

text: Ponce de Leon Avenue Ponce de Leon Avenue ( ), often simply called Ponce, provides a link between Atlanta, Decatur, Clarkston, and Stone Mountain, Georgia. It was named for Ponce de Leon Springs, in turn from explorer Juan Ponce de León, but is not pronounced as in Spanish. Several grand and historic buildings are located on the avenue. The original street extended eastward from Peachtree Street and was called Ponce de Leon Circle. In August 1872, a horsecar line that went from downtown Atlanta up Peachtree to Pine, was extended to Ponce de Leon Circle. At some point later it

title: Ponce de Leon Inlet Light

text: Ponce de Leon Inlet Light The Ponce de Leon Inlet Light is a lighthouse and museum located at Ponce de León Inlet in Central Florida. At in height, it is the tallest lighthouse in the state and one of the tallest in the United States (the Cape Hatteras Light in North Carolina is taller at ). It is located between St. Augustine Light and Cape Canaveral Light. Restored by the Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse Preservation Association, the lighthouse became a National Historic Landmark in 1998. The first lighthouse for what is now the Ponce de León Inlet was erected

title: Ponce de Leon Inlet

text: of the town of Ponce Inlet, Florida and the Ponce de Leon Inlet Light. The inlet is maintained by the Ponce de Leon Inlet & Port District, a Division of the Volusia County, Florida government. Ponce de Leon Inlet The Ponce de Leon Inlet is a natural opening in the barrier islands in central Florida that connects the north end of the Mosquito Lagoon and the south end of the Halifax River to the Atlantic Ocean. The inlet originally was named Mosquito Inlet. In 1926 the Florida Legislature changed the name from Mosquito Inlet to Ponce de Leon Inlet. There

title: Ponce de Leon, Florida

text: age 65 or over. Ponce de Leon, Florida Ponce de Leon, Florida Ponce de Leon ( ) is a town in Holmes County, Florida, United States. The population was 598 at the 2010 census, up from 457 at the 2000 census. From 2000 to 2010, the Ponce de Leon town population growth percentage was 30.9%. Ponce de Leon is located in southwestern Holmes County at (30.725783, -85.937783). U.S. Route 90 runs through the center of town, leading northeast to Bonifay, the Holmes County seat, and west to DeFuniak Springs. Florida State Road 81 crosses US 90 near the center of

title: Ponce de Leon (train)

text: operation. By the time Southern Railway filed to discontinue the "Ponce de Leon" on January 22, 1968, the train was operating as Numbers 1 and 2, but only between Cincinnati and Atlanta. The train finally disappeared from the timetable in March 1968. The "Ponce de Leon" and "Royal Palm" collided on December 23, 1926 in Rockmart, Georgia. The northbound "Ponce de Leon" struck the "Royal Palm" with the result that 19 people were killed and 113 were injured, most on the "Ponce de Leon". The accident was also the subject of a song: "The Wreck of the Royal Palm" by

title: Ponce de Leon Avenue

text: Drive), and after Glen Iris Drive it passes the north side of the hulking former Sears building, later used as City Hall East, and now as Ponce City Market, a food hall and mixed-use complex. Before Sears, the Ponce de Leon Amusement Park was located here. On the north side of Ponce is the Midtown Place strip mall, on the site of the Ponce de Leon ballpark, which was home to the Atlanta Crackers and Atlanta Black Crackers baseball teams. Ponce de Leon Avenue then passes under a former rail bridge which is part of the BeltLine trail, after which

title: Ponce de Leon amusement park

text: make way for the Ponce de Leon ballpark, now the Midtown Place strip mall. The amusement park was whites-only – a sign at the entrance made clear, "colored persons admitted as servants only". The amusement park closed in the early 1920s. The Sears, Roebuck southeastern headquarters was built on the site, opening in 1926, the building now known as Ponce City Market (former Sears building/City Hall East). Ponce de Leon amusement park The Ponce de Leon amusement park was built on the site of Ponce de Leon Springs. Omnibus service from Atlanta to the springs started in 1872, and in

title: Ponce de Leon Heights (Decatur)

text: Ponce de Leon Heights (Decatur) Ponce de Leon Heights is a historic neighborhood in the west section of the Atlanta, Georgia suburb of Decatur. It includes single family residences and a church, primarily built in the early 1900s. The neighborhood is located between Scott Blvd. to the northwest, Ponce de Leon Avenue to the south and Coventry Road to the east. Although the neighborhood partially fronts on Ponce de Leon Avenue, there are no commercial businesses. The name of the community is apparently derived from fronting on the north side of Ponce de Leon Avenue, and from the hilly terrain

title: Ponce de Leon Springs (Atlanta)

text: Ponce de Leon Springs (Atlanta) Ponce de Leon Springs were natural springs located on the site of Ponce City Market (formerly the Sears building, then City Hall East) in Atlanta, where Ponce de Leon Avenue crosses the BeltLine, and where the Old Fourth Ward, Virginia Highland, Midtown and Poncey-Highland neighborhoods of Atlanta meet. In the 1860s, trips to the springs on John Armistead's beech grove became a popular day trip among Atlantans. An Atlanta physician, Dr. Henry L. Wilson, named them in honor of Juan Ponce de León, asserting that they kept one young; today's Ponce de Leon Avenue is

title: Ponce de Leon, Florida

text: Ponce de Leon, Florida Ponce de Leon ( ) is a town in Holmes County, Florida, United States. The population was 598 at the 2010 census, up from 457 at the 2000 census. From 2000 to 2010, the Ponce de Leon town population growth percentage was 30.9%. Ponce de Leon is located in southwestern Holmes County at (30.725783, -85.937783). U.S. Route 90 runs through the center of town, leading northeast to Bonifay, the Holmes County seat, and west to DeFuniak Springs. Florida State Road 81 crosses US 90 near the center of town, leading north to the Alabama border and

title: Ponce de Leon Heights (Decatur)

text: Ponce de Leon Heights does not have a City of Decatur or DeKalb County park. However, the church playground is open to residents. Ponce de Leon Heights (Decatur) Ponce de Leon Heights is a historic neighborhood in the west section of the Atlanta, Georgia suburb of Decatur. It includes single family residences and a church, primarily built in the early 1900s. The neighborhood is located between Scott Blvd. to the northwest, Ponce de Leon Avenue to the south and Coventry Road to the east. Although the neighborhood partially fronts on Ponce de Leon Avenue, there are no commercial businesses. The

title: Ponce de Leon amusement park

text: Ponce de Leon amusement park The Ponce de Leon amusement park was built on the site of Ponce de Leon Springs. Omnibus service from Atlanta to the springs started in 1872, and in 1874 horsecar service started. It developed in the late 1880s and 1890s with the addition of attractions for children, a dance hall and theater, and picnic grounds. In 1903 construction of the full-fledged amusement park began. By then the park was served by the Nine-Mile Circle electric streetcar line. In 1907, a four-acre lake on the north side of Ponce de Leon Avenue was filled in to

title: Ponce De Leon Boutique Hotel

text: Ponce De Leon Boutique Hotel The Ponce De Leon Boutique Hotel (also known as Hotel Ponce De Leon in St. Petersburg, Florida) is a historic landmark and Mission Revival hotel in Downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. It is located at 95 Central Avenue, and on the corner of 10 Beach Drive. It was added to the Pinellas County Historic Preservation Committee in December 1997 (HPC #97-04). The Ponce De Leon is a Mission style hotel constructed in 1922 during the beginning of the Florida Land Boom, a period which saw St. Petersburg develop into a major resort city. It was the

title: Ponce de Leon Court Historic District

text: Ponce de Leon Court Historic District The Ponce de Leon Court Historic District consists of a single cul-de-sac located immediately east of downtown Decatur, Georgia. The street is accessed off of East Ponce de Leon Avenue, a historic road that runs east from Atlanta, Georgia through Decatur. Historic Decatur Cemetery is located to the north, and affluent Glynnwood Estates, developed in 1927, and Glenwood school border Ponce de Leon Court on the east. Ponce de Leon Court is a local historic district in the city of Decatur, and was listed in the Georgia Register of Historic Places in June 2010.

title: Ponce De Leon Boutique Hotel

text: shaped parapet. Ponce De Leon Boutique Hotel The Ponce De Leon Boutique Hotel (also known as Hotel Ponce De Leon in St. Petersburg, Florida) is a historic landmark and Mission Revival hotel in Downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. It is located at 95 Central Avenue, and on the corner of 10 Beach Drive. It was added to the Pinellas County Historic Preservation Committee in December 1997 (HPC #97-04). The Ponce De Leon is a Mission style hotel constructed in 1922 during the beginning of the Florida Land Boom, a period which saw St. Petersburg develop into a major resort city. It

title: Ponce de Leon Springs (Atlanta)

text: the building as Ponce City Market, a multi-use residential, office and retail complex. On August 25, 2014 Ponce City Market opened. Ponce de Leon Springs (Atlanta) Ponce de Leon Springs were natural springs located on the site of Ponce City Market (formerly the Sears building, then City Hall East) in Atlanta, where Ponce de Leon Avenue crosses the BeltLine, and where the Old Fourth Ward, Virginia Highland, Midtown and Poncey-Highland neighborhoods of Atlanta meet. In the 1860s, trips to the springs on John Armistead's beech grove became a popular day trip among Atlantans. An Atlanta physician, Dr. Henry L. Wilson,

title: Ponce de Leon Court Historic District

text: were built. The street consists entirely of homes. There are no churches, businesses, or apartment blocks. Ponce de Leon Court Historic District The Ponce de Leon Court Historic District consists of a single cul-de-sac located immediately east of downtown Decatur, Georgia. The street is accessed off of East Ponce de Leon Avenue, a historic road that runs east from Atlanta, Georgia through Decatur. Historic Decatur Cemetery is located to the north, and affluent Glynnwood Estates, developed in 1927, and Glenwood school border Ponce de Leon Court on the east. Ponce de Leon Court is a local historic district in the

title: Ponce de Leon (train)

text: Vernon Dalhart. Ponce de Leon (train) The Ponce de Leon was a named train of the Southern Railway which ran from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Jacksonville, Florida, from 1924 to the mid-1960s. The "Ponce de Leon" (Train #4) departed Jacksonville at midday going north via subsidiary Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad to Macon and Atlanta, Georgia, then on Southern's former East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad line to Chattanooga, Tennessee, traveling overnight to Cincinnati via Southern subsidiary Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway. The train provided connections with the New York Central Railroad at Cincinnati for passengers headed to Detroit,

title: Ponce de Leon (train)

text: Ponce de Leon (train) The Ponce de Leon was a named train of the Southern Railway which ran from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Jacksonville, Florida, from 1924 to the mid-1960s. The "Ponce de Leon" (Train #4) departed Jacksonville at midday going north via subsidiary Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad to Macon and Atlanta, Georgia, then on Southern's former East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad line to Chattanooga, Tennessee, traveling overnight to Cincinnati via Southern subsidiary Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway. The train provided connections with the New York Central Railroad at Cincinnati for passengers headed to Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland,

title: Ponce de Leon Avenue

text: the 1970s, Ponce still was renowned for prostitution, drug sales, but also for its eclectic character up to the turn of the 21st century, celebrated in books such as George Mitchell's "Ponce Deleon : An Intimate Portrait of Atlanta's Most Famous Avenue" and Sharon Foster's "Atlanta's Ponce de Leon Avenue: A History". Today, the areas that Ponce passes on its way from Midtown to Druid Hills are largely affluent: Midtown, the Old Fourth Ward where gentrification is well underway, and fully gentrified Poncey-Highland and Virginia-Highland. Sam Venable's home on the northeast corner of Ponce de Leon Avenue and Oakdale Road

title: Ponce de Leon Springs State Park

text: hiking, fishing, picnicking, snorkeling, swimming and wildlife viewing. Florida state parks are open between 8 a.m. and sundown every day of the year (including holidays). Ponce de Leon Springs State Park Ponce de Leon Springs State Recreation Area is a Florida State Park in Holmes County, Florida. It is located in the town of Ponce de Leon, a half mile south of U.S. 90 on C.R 181A. The address is 2860 Ponce de Leon Springs Road. Approximately 14 million gallons of pure water emerges daily from the Ponce de Leon Spring. Spring water emanates from the aquifer deep underground keeping

title: Ponce de Leon Springs State Park

text: Ponce de Leon Springs State Park Ponce de Leon Springs State Recreation Area is a Florida State Park in Holmes County, Florida. It is located in the town of Ponce de Leon, a half mile south of U.S. 90 on C.R 181A. The address is 2860 Ponce de Leon Springs Road. Approximately 14 million gallons of pure water emerges daily from the Ponce de Leon Spring. Spring water emanates from the aquifer deep underground keeping it at a cool 68 degrees year round. Swimming and snorkeling are the main activities around the spring. The park has such amenities as birding,

title: Michael Ponce de Leon

text: workshops in Yugoslavia. Pakistan, India, and Spain under sponsorship of the U.S. State Department, Mr. Ponce de Leon works are in the Library of Congress; The National Gallery (Washington D.C.); The White House; The Museum of Modern Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art; The New York Public Library;Smithsonian American Art Museum The Brooklyn Museum The Musee de l’Arte Moderne in Paris; The Victoria and Albert Museum in London; The Stockholm Art Museum; Museo de Arte Moderno en Mexico; as well U.S. Embassies around the world. He was represented in the Venice Biennale, 1970. Michael Ponce de Leon Michael Ponce de Leon

title: Ponce de Leon Park

text: Ponce de Leon Park Ponce de Leon Park ( ; also known as Spiller Park or Spiller Field from 1924 to 1932, and "Poncey" to locals, was the primary home field for the minor league baseball team called the Atlanta Crackers for nearly six decades. The Crackers played here in the Southern Association (1907–1959) and the International League (1962–64). It was also home of the Atlanta Black Crackers who captured the second half championship of the Negro American League in 1938. The ballpark was located at 650 Ponce de Leon Avenue; the street ran along the south side of the

title: Ponce de Leon Avenue

text: city, just before passing the south side of the Fernbank Museum of Natural History. A third segment called North Ponce de Leon Avenue surrounds a heavily forested county park called Deepdene Park, and on its south side, mainline Ponce de Leon Avenue loses U.S. 278 and Georgia 10 at a split with East Lake Road. After a northward curve, it loses its other four route numbers at a split with Scott Boulevard, and continues eastward into the city of Decatur as West Ponce de Leon Avenue. Crossing the centerpoint of downtown at Clairemont Avenue (north) and McDonough Street (south), near

title: Ponce de Leon Inlet

text: Ponce de Leon Inlet The Ponce de Leon Inlet is a natural opening in the barrier islands in central Florida that connects the north end of the Mosquito Lagoon and the south end of the Halifax River to the Atlantic Ocean. The inlet originally was named Mosquito Inlet. In 1926 the Florida Legislature changed the name from Mosquito Inlet to Ponce de Leon Inlet. There was precedent for the change. Mosquito County had long before become Orange County, and the Mosquito River had become the Halifax River. Only the Mosquito Lagoon has kept its old name. It is the site

title: Michael Ponce de Leon

text: Michael Ponce de Leon Michael Ponce de Leon (1922-2006; Mexico) He has exhibits in more than sixty museums in the United States and throughout Europe, as a painter and printmaker. He was given a one person-exhibition by Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., and has been awarded over 65 purchase prices or medals. Ponce de Leon is the recipient of Guggenheim Fellowships; Two Tiffany Foundation Fellowships, and a Fulbright Grant for Scandinavia. He has taught at Art Students League; Pratt Graphics Center and Pratt Institute; New York University; University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University, NY, as well as directed

title: Ponce de Leon Hotel

text: sell. Flagler returned to St. Augustine in 1885 and made Smith an offer. If Smith could raise $50,000, Flagler would invest $150,000 and they would build a hotel together. Smith couldn't come up with the funds, so Flagler began construction of the 540-room Ponce de León Hotel by himself, spending several times his original estimate. Smith helped train the masons on the mixing and pouring techniques he used on the Zorayda. Two years later, Smith would build the Casa Monica Hotel opposite the Ponce de Leon, on land sold to him by Flagler. The Ponce de Leon Hotel was built

title: 131 Ponce de Leon Avenue

text: 131 Ponce de Leon Avenue 131 Ponce de Leon Avenue, also known as the Gulf Oil Building, was both a building in Midtown Atlanta, at the southeast corner of Ponce de Leon Avenue and Juniper Street, as well as the name of a planned mixed-use development which would incorporate portions of the Pei building's façade and add 321 apartments and of retail space. The building was architect I. M. Pei's first project, built in 1949, a two-story "box that invoked the lean rectilinearity of Mies van der Rohe". The proposed mixed-use development would incorporate the entire block bounded by Ponce

title: Ponce de León Island

text: to a theory originated by Douglas Peck that the Spanish explorer and soldier Juan Ponce de León first landed there in 1513 as the first European to set foot in Florida. This contests the once popular view that Ponce de León first landed in St. Augustine. The American Indian Association of Florida also proposed the name Ais Island for this area, sparking a controversy. Both proposals were considered by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) in 2012, but no name was approved. Many beach-side cities who were formally for the naming of Ponce de Leon have since rescinded their

title: Ponce de Leon Hotel

text: Ponce de Leon Hotel The Ponce de Leon Hotel, also known as The Ponce, was an exclusive luxury hotel in St. Augustine, Florida, built by millionaire developer and Standard Oil co-founder Henry M. Flagler and completed in 1888. The hotel was designed in the Spanish Renaissance style as the first major project of the New York architecture firm Carrère & Hastings, which would go on to gain world renown. The hotel was the first of its kind constructed entirely of poured concrete, using the local coquina stone as aggregate. The hotel was also one of the first buildings in the

title: Ponce de Leon Avenue

text: the City of Atlanta is included in the Ponce/Moreland Corridors Plan as part of the city's comprehensive development plan. , the Georgia Department of Transportation has decided to begin the design of safety improvements for pedestrians on the two-mile stretch of Ponce between Piedmont and N. Highland/Moreland. Changes proposed include the conversion of an eastbound traffic lane into a two-way left-turn lane and bike lanes in both directions. The land would include intermittent traffic islands and "HAWK" pedestrian crossing signals at selected crosswalks where no traffic signals currently exist. Ponce de Leon Avenue Ponce de Leon Avenue ( ), often

title: Ponce de Leon Hotel

text: guided historic tours of the former hotel to thousands of visitors annually. The building was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and became a U.S. National Historic Landmark on February 21, 2006. Ponce de Leon Hotel The Ponce de Leon Hotel, also known as The Ponce, was an exclusive luxury hotel in St. Augustine, Florida, built by millionaire developer and Standard Oil co-founder Henry M. Flagler and completed in 1888. The hotel was designed in the Spanish Renaissance style as the first major project of the New York architecture firm Carrère & Hastings, which would

title: Edmund Ponce de Leon

text: the Law Division, Commercial Section. Judge Edmund Ponce de León was appointed Presiding Judge of the Fourth Municipal District (District 4 Maywood, Illinois) in 2002. In 2010 he was appointed Presiding Judge of the County Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County. In June 2015, he was assigned to the Law Division hearing jury cases, pre-trial motions and Tax and Miscellaneous matters. Judge Edmund Ponce de León retired as a judge on December 2016 Edmund Ponce de Leon Judge Edmund Ponce de León was the first Hispanic-American to be appointed as a Presiding Judge in the history of the

title: Nestor Ponce de Leon

text: 1,738 titles. Ponce de Leon's exile in the United States lasted 30 years. Although Ponce de León had been sentenced to death in absentia by Spanish authorities in Cuba for his alleged war crimes, this sentence was never carried out. When Spain finally withdrew from Cuba after the U.S. intervention in 1898, Ponce de León was able to return to his homeland. Upon his return, he was named Director and Curator of the National Archives. He died on December 17, 1899, in Havana, Cuba. Ponce de Leon wrote about many topics, such as art and politics. One of his most

title: 131 Ponce de Leon Avenue

text: de Leon Avenue, North Avenue, Piedmont Avenue and Juniper Street, except for St. Paul's church. A joint venture between real estate investment company Sereo Group Inc. and developer Faison Enterprises bought the site in 2012. In 2008, the block had been proposed for redevelopment as the "Fountain on Ponce" complex, but that project did not go through. The building was demolished in February 2013, but the Atlanta Preservation Center stated that its understanding that a portion of the façade was to be "resurrected as a shell" and incorporated into the new complex. 131 Ponce de Leon Avenue 131 Ponce de

title: Edmund Ponce de Leon

text: Edmund Ponce de Leon Judge Edmund Ponce de León was the first Hispanic-American to be appointed as a Presiding Judge in the history of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois Edmund Ponce de León was originally elected as a Judge from the 6th Subcircuit of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, in November 1996. He ran for re-election in 2002, 2008 and 2014 county-wide and was retained as a judge. He retired as a judge in December 31, 2016. Judge Ponce de León was initially assigned to the Domestic Relations Division, and in 2000 he was assigned to

title: Ponce de Leon Avenue

text: Griggs Candler (Senior), and Rainbow Terrace, home of Lucy Beall Candler Owens Heinz Leide at number 1610. The Druid Hills Historic District incorporates the earlier Druid Hills Parks and Parkways Historic District that was listed on the National Register in 1975, specifically recognizing the parks and parkways along Ponce de Leon Avenue. The road begins to gradually curve back and forth, and is followed on its south side by South Ponce de Leon Avenue, the land between them being Oak Grove Park. A second segment of linear park is called Dellwood Park, and around Clifton Road it finally leaves the

title: Ponce de Leon, Missouri

text: Ponce de Leon, Missouri Ponce de Leon is an unincorporated community in northeastern Stone County, Missouri, United States, about south of Springfield. It is part of the Branson, Missouri Micropolitan Statistical Area. The community is located on the East Prong Goff Creek which is a tributary of the James River about three miles to the west. Missouri Supplemental Route V passes through the village which lies at an elevation of 1100 feet. Spokane in Christian County lies about three miles to the east on US Route 160. Branson lies about 25 miles to the south. The community was founded about

title: Ponce de Leon Avenue

text: city hall and the Decatur MARTA station, it becomes East Ponce de Leon Avenue. It then continues on through Scottdale and downtown Clarkston to become Main Street southward through downtown Stone Mountain, then becoming Stone Mountain Lithonia Road on its way south to Lithonia. It is also an exit at mile 40 off Interstate 285 ("the Perimeter") north. The only way to access I-285 south is to exit onto Church Street, since this is a split diamond interchange, and the two roads run parallel to each other with a railroad line in between these roads. Ponce de Leon Avenue in

title: Ponce de Leon Park

text: between Tech High Smithies and Boys' High Purple Hurricanes during the 1940s which sometimes outdrew the college games. Ponce de Leon Park Ponce de Leon Park ( ; also known as Spiller Park or Spiller Field from 1924 to 1932, and "Poncey" to locals, was the primary home field for the minor league baseball team called the Atlanta Crackers for nearly six decades. The Crackers played here in the Southern Association (1907–1959) and the International League (1962–64). It was also home of the Atlanta Black Crackers who captured the second half championship of the Negro American League in 1938. The

title: Ponce de Leon Springs (Atlanta)

text: named after the springs. On June 20, 1874 the Ponce de Leon line of the horse-drawn Atlanta Street Railway was extended to the springs, with service every 15 minutes from 5:30 A.M. to 10 P.M., for a fare of 10 cents. In the 1890s the Nine-Mile Circle streetcar line arrived, bringing many more visitors. Ponce de Leon amusement park was built around the springs. In 1924, the amusement park had seen its day and Sears Roebuck built its Southeastern headquarters on the site. Until 2009, the building functioned as City Hall East, then plans were put in place to redevelop

title: Pedro Ponce de León the Elder

text: on 26 December 1349. On 26 March 1350 King Alfonso XI the Just died of the plague. He was succeeded on the throne of Castile and León by his son, Peter of Castile the Cruel. Pedro Ponce de Leon went to the city of Algeciras, of which he was governor, after the death of Alfonso XI. When Peter the Cruel named Gutierre Fernández de Toledo governor of Algeciras, Pedro Ponce de León left that city and went to Marchena. He soon returned to the service of the king, whom he continued to serve until his death. Pedro Ponce de Leon

title: Ponce de Leon Heights (Decatur)

text: of west Decatur. Ponce de Leon Heights homes were primarily constructed starting in 1914, sit on small lots and include many examples of Craftsman Bungalows architectural style. Streets in the community include Clarion Ave., Nelson Ferry Rd., Woodlawn Ave., Fairfield St. and the southeast leg of Coventry Rd. Although not directly connected to the other neighborhood roads, Pinetree Dr. falls within the greater community boundaries. However, homes and lots on Pinetree Dr. are substantially larger than neighboring roads. This street is architecturally distinct from the other streets, and a parcel adjoining Ponce de Leon Ave. was developed as cluster housing.

title: Ponce de Leon Apartment Building

text: It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. Ponce de Leon Apartment Building The Ponce de Leon Apartment Building is a historic structure located in the North Cleveland Park neighborhood in the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. David L. Stern designed the structure in a combination of the Mission Revival and the Spanish Revival styles. The building was completed in 1928. It is an example of 1920s exoticism in a prominent apartment corridor in the city. The exterior features diapered brickwork, terra cotta tile roof, limestone portico and trim, and Moorish arch motifs. The interior features

title: Nestor Ponce de Leon

text: Bachiller. In Cuba, Ponce de León contributed to and collaborated with numerous publications such as "El Ateneo", "El Correro De La Tarde", "La Opinón y El Siglo", and helped fund others as well, including "Brisas de Cuba" y "Revista critica de Ciencias, Literatura y Artes."" "His publications included revolutionary pamphlets in which he defended the Yara Revolution, and it was because of this that the Cuban government issued a warrant for his arrest. Ponce de Leon and his family fled to New York City in February of 1869.On January 21, 1875, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States

title: Ponce de Leon, Florida

text: south to Florida State Road 20 at Bruce. Interstate 10 passes through the southern part of Ponce de Leon, with access from Exit 96 (SR 81). I-10 leads east to Tallahassee and west to Pensacola. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.78%, are water. The town is in the valley of Sandy Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the Choctawhatchee River. Ponce de Leon Springs State Park is in the southern part of the town, north of I-10, along both sides of Sandy Creek. The

title: Ana Monteagudo Ponce de Leon

text: held leadership positions due to her wisdom and the esteem that others had for her. Pope John Paul II beatified Monteagudo in 1985 upon his apostolic trip to Peru. Ana Monteagudo Ponce de Leon was born in mid-1602 in Peru as the fourth of eight children to the Spanish-born Sebastiàn Monteagudo de la Jara and the Peruvian Francisca Ponce de Leon. Her brother Francisco became a priest. Her other siblings were: Montagudo was educated as the Santa Catalina da Siena convent since her parents entrusted her to the care of the nuns there in 1605 and returned home in 1616

title: Ana Monteagudo Ponce de Leon

text: Ana Monteagudo Ponce de Leon Blessed Ana Monteagudo Ponce de Leon (26 July 1602 – 10 January 1686) - in religious Ana de los Angeles - was a Peruvian Roman Catholic professed religious from the Dominican Nuns. Monteagudo studied under nuns in her childhood and decided to become one following a vision she had of Saint Catherine of Siena showing her the Dominican habit. Her parents made the effort to dissuade her from this though she continued to pursue that path until she was inducted as a member of the Dominican Nuns. The religious became noted for her holiness and

title: Ponce de Leon Inlet Light

text: seven days a week. The lighthouse tower is open for climbing. The original 1867 Barbier et Fenestre first order fixed lens (installed 1887), and 1860 "Henry Lepaute" rotating first order Fresnel lens used at Cape Canaveral Light Station are all on display at the museum. The 1904 Barbier, Benard, et Turenne rotating third order Fresnel lens has been restored to service in the tower, which operates today as a private aid to navigation and is maintained by the museum staff. It is just south of Daytona Beach. Ponce de Leon Inlet Light The Ponce de Leon Inlet Light is a

title: Ponce de Leon Apartment Building

text: Ponce de Leon Apartment Building The Ponce de Leon Apartment Building is a historic structure located in the North Cleveland Park neighborhood in the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. David L. Stern designed the structure in a combination of the Mission Revival and the Spanish Revival styles. The building was completed in 1928. It is an example of 1920s exoticism in a prominent apartment corridor in the city. The exterior features diapered brickwork, terra cotta tile roof, limestone portico and trim, and Moorish arch motifs. The interior features an intact lobby with a decorative plaster ceiling and a terrazzo floor.

title: Nestor Ponce de Leon

text: and vice versa. Also in that year, he published "The Columbus Gallery: The Discoverer of the New World," a collection of representations of portraits, statues, monuments, medals, and paintings. He also wrote for "La Revista Ilustrada de Nueva York (The New York Illustrated Magazine)." In one of the articles he wrote for the magazine, called "En mi biblioteca" ("In My Library"), he explicitly describes his personal library and talks about his friends and family who visited him. Nestor Ponce de Leon Néstor Ponce de León ( February 26, 1837- December 17,1899) was a Cuban author, editor, translator, publisher, and bookseller.

title: Ponce de León Island

text: Ponce de León Island Ponce de León Island was a proposed name for the long, barrier island stretching from Cape Canaveral to Sebastian Inlet in Brevard County in central Florida, located on the Atlantic Ocean. The population was 67,933 at the 2010 United States Census. The barrier island is . Another proposed name for this area was Ais Island after the native Ais people who originally inhabited the area. Currently, the island has not yet been designated any official name. Since 2000, historians from Brevard County have worked to name this stretch of land to Ponce de León Island due

title: Ponce de Leon Park

text: park i.e. along its first base side. Behind right and center field, atop the slope bordering the park on the East, were the tracks of the Southern Railway, now part of the BeltLine, a trail and future transit ring around the central neighborhoods of Atlanta. Across the street was the Ponce de Leon Amusement Park until 1926, when the hulking Sears Roebuck Southeastern Headquarters, now known as Ponce City Market, was built. The original ballpark on the site opened in 1907. The structure was destroyed by fire in 1923. It was rebuilt in 1924 and was named for club owner

title: Ponce de Leon, Missouri

text: 1875 as a health resort to exploit the mineral spring at the location. The resort was named for the explorer Juan Ponce de León. The resort and town prospered and with a population of around 1000 it was the largest town in the county. Businesses included a sawmill, a gristmill, a bank and tomato cannery. However, the boom didn't last and by 1885 damage by flash floods and other economic problems led to decay and loss of population. Area residents refer to the community as "Poncie"; for years, use of the full name has virtually been abandoned. Ponce de Leon,

title: Ponce de Leon Hotel

text: as he attempted to create an "American Riviera". With the success of the Ponce de Leon, Flagler realized the need for a sound transportation system to support his resorts, and he purchased short-line railroads to form what would later become known as the Florida East Coast Railway. He modernized the existing railroads for them to accommodate heavier loads and more traffic, allowing guests to reach the hotel from New York and other northern cities. Over the next two decades, Flagler expanded the system further south, until it reached Key West. Noted personalities that stayed at the hotel during its operation

title: Ponce de Leon Inlet Light

text: order Fresnel lens was replaced with a third order rotating Fresnel lens at the same time. In 1927 the name of Mosquito Inlet was changed to Ponce de Leon Inlet. The lighthouse was transferred from the abolished Lighthouse Service to the United States Coast Guard in 1939, which would oversee it for the next three decades. In 1970, the Coast Guard abandoned the old light station and established a new beacon at New Smyrna Beach. The abandoned property was then deeded to the Town of Ponce Inlet. At the urging of concerned citizens, the Town of Ponce Inlet accepted the

title: Ponce de Leon Hotel

text: by the U.S. Coast Guard as a training center. The Ponce de Leon Hotel opened January 10, 1888. It was an instant success, and within two years, Flagler opened another hotel in St. Augustine, the Alcazar. Just across the street, it absorbed guests that the Ponce could not accommodate and eased the massive demand. A year later, in 1888, he purchased Franklin Smith's troubled Casa Monica Hotel, renovating it and reopening it as the Cordova. The success convinced Flagler that Florida was viable and ripe for development, and it encouraged him to continue development south along the state's east coast,

title: Ana Monteagudo Ponce de Leon

text: 18 December 1903. Monteagudo was named a Servant of God under Pope Benedict XV on 13 June 1917 after the formal introduction to the cause; Pope Paul VI later confirmed her heroic virtue and named her as Venerable. Pope John Paul II acknowledged a single miracle attributed to her intercession in a decree issued on 30 March 1981 and thus approved her beatification. This took place sometime later on 2 February 1985 when the pope visited Peru. The current postulator for this cause is the Dominican priest Vito Tomás Gómez García. Ana Monteagudo Ponce de Leon Blessed Ana Monteagudo Ponce

title: Ponce de León Island

text: application was submitted to the BGN by the Council of the Original Miccosukee Seminole Nation on May 29, 2012. To be named in honor of a Seminole chief, Coacoochee. Ponce de León Island Ponce de León Island was a proposed name for the long, barrier island stretching from Cape Canaveral to Sebastian Inlet in Brevard County in central Florida, located on the Atlantic Ocean. The population was 67,933 at the 2010 United States Census. The barrier island is . Another proposed name for this area was Ais Island after the native Ais people who originally inhabited the area. Currently, the

title: Pedro Ponce de León

text: Pedro Ponce de León Dom Pedro Ponce de Leon, O.S.B., (1520–1584) was a Spanish Benedictine monk who is often credited as being "the first teacher for the deaf". Ponce de Leon established a school for the deaf at the San Salvador Monastery in Oña. His students were almost all children of wealthy aristocrats who could afford private tutoring. His work with deaf children focused on helping them to learn how to speak language audibly. He also instructed children in writing and in simple gestures. Ponce de Leon is not known to have developed a working sign language, but there is

title: Juan Ponce de León

text: running low on food and supplies. The expedition was deemed a great success and Ovando appointed Ponce de León governor of San Juan Bautista. This appointment was later confirmed by Ferdinand II on August 14, 1509. He was instructed to extend the settlement of the island and continue mining for gold. The new governor returned to the island as instructed, bringing with him his wife and children. Back on his island, Ponce de León parceled out the native Taínos amongst himself and other settlers using a system of forced labor known as encomienda. The Indians were put to work growing

title: Juan Ponce de León

text: appointing Juan Ceron chief justice and Miguel Diaz chief constable of the island, effectively overriding the authority of the governor. This situation prevailed until March 2, 1510, when Ferdinand issued orders reaffirming Ponce de León's position as governor. Ponce de León then had Ceron and Diaz arrested and sent back to Spain. The political struggle between Colón and Ponce de León continued in this manner for the next few years. Ponce de León had influential supporters in Spain and Ferdinand regarded him as a loyal servant. However, Colón's position as Viceroy made him a powerful opponent and eventually it became

title: Luis Ponce de León (governor of New Spain)

text: died. He was interred in the first parish church in Mexico City, facing the Plaza Mayor. Aguilar, also aged, also died after governing only a short while. Cortés was suspected of poisoning the two royal officials. Luis Ponce de León (governor of New Spain) Luis Ponce de León (died July 20, 1526) was a Spanish judge and briefly the governor of New Spain, from July 4, 1526 to July 16, 1526. Luis Ponce de León was an educated man and a knight of Cordoba. He was a friend and aide of the corregidor of Toledo, Martín de Córdoba, conde de

text: Luis Ponce de León (governor of New Spain) Luis Ponce de León (died July 20, 1526) was a Spanish judge and briefly the governor of New Spain, from July 4, 1526 to July 16, 1526. Luis Ponce de León was an educated man and a knight of Cordoba. He was a friend and aide of the corregidor of Toledo, Martín de Córdoba, conde de Alcaudete. Ponce's appointment came in 1525 after news about serious difficulties in New Spain began reaching the court of Charles I of Spain and the Council of the Indies. In 1524 Hernán Cortés had learned of

title: Nestor Ponce de Leon

text: notable works was the second edition of the "The Book of Blood" published in 1873, where he wrote about the crimes Spaniards committed against Cuba and the search for Cuba’s independence; the first edition was originally written by Jose Ignacio Rodriguez in 1871. Between 1871 and 1873, Ponce de Leon edited the magazine "Museo de las Familias" (Families Museum), which aimed at being both enjoyable and instructive for families. He also created "Diccionario tecnologico ingles-espanol y espanol-ingles" ("Technological Dictionary, English-Spanish and Spanish-English") in 1893. This dictionary facilitated the translation of words in science, technology, and engineering from English to Spanish

title: Ponce de Leon Hotel

text: boom did not last. In 1964, the city was thrust onto the national stage with demonstrations that brought Martin Luther King Jr. to St. Augustine during the civil rights movement. On March 31, 1964, more than a hundred students from the all-black Richard J. Murray Middle School marched downtown and sat-in at the dining room of the Ponce de Leon Hotel. They were met by police with dogs and cattle prods and arrested. It was the first mass sit-in of the St. Augustine movement. Additional incidents took place at other segregated locations in the city, including the Monson Motor Lodge

title: Ponce de Leon, Florida

text: entrance is on the eastern side of the park off Ponce de Leon Springs Road. As of the census of 2010, there were 598 people, 246 households, and 131 families residing in the town. The population density was 92.3 people per square mile (35.6/km²). There were 290 housing units at n average density of 47.0 per square mile (18.2/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 91.60% White, 1.80% African American, 2.41% Native American, 1.00% from other races, and 2.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.00% of the population. There were 200 households

title: Ponce de Leon Avenue

text: was bought in 1959 for $60,000 by the St. John's Lutheran Church. Ponce de Leon Avenue begins at Spring Street at the south edge of Midtown Atlanta, though prior to the construction of the Downtown Connector, it started a block further west at Williams Street (across from Georgia Tech, one block east of Bobby Dodd Stadium) It passes West Peachtree Street and then Peachtree Street, the city block which has the BellSouth Building (now AT&T) and the historic Fox Theatre on the north side of the street. At the next two intersections, it takes multiple numbered routes from North Avenue,

title: Ponce de Leon Hotel

text: and the local Woolworth's, all of which contributed to passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. The hotel saw declining visitor numbers in the following years, and in 1967 it was permanently closed. In 1968 the hotel became the centerpiece of the newly-established Flagler College. Beginning in 1976, with the nation's bicentennial anniversary, Flagler College embarked on an ambitious campaign to restore the hotel and other Flagler-era campus buildings to their original grandeur. In 1988 the College celebrated the centennial of the Ponce de Leon Hotel, and a decade later students created the Flagler's Legacy program, which provides

title: Ponce de Leon (train)

text: and Buffalo. The "Royal Palm" alternated with the "Ponce de Leon" on a reverse schedule between Cincinnati and Jacksonville, operating during daylight hours south from Cincinnati and then overnight between Atlanta and Jacksonville. In the latter city there were connections with Florida East Coast Railway for an east coast trip to Miami, and Seaboard Air Line Railroad trains to Miami on an interior route to Tampa. Sleepers were discontinued on the train in November 1959 and it ran as a coach-only consist until the end of operation. In 1964, Southern Railway dropped the Atlanta - Jacksonville leg of the "Ponce's"

title: Ponce de Leon Park

text: Rell J. Spiller. It reverted to its original name in 1933. The seating capacity of the park was about 20,000. The park was known for a magnolia tree in deep center field. Balls landing in the tree remained in play, until Earl Mann took over the team in 1947 and had the outfield wall moved in about 50 feet. During exhibition games, Babe Ruth and Eddie Mathews both hit home runs that became stuck in the distant tree. After the Crackers moved to Atlanta Stadium in 1965, Ponce de Leon Park was demolished in favor of a shopping center (now

title: Ponce de Leon Hotel

text: recruits received their basic and advanced training at the hotel, with up to 2,500 trainees living in the building at any one time. One of the Coast Guardsmen the trained at the hotel was Jacob Lawrence, already a famous artist. According to the official Coast Guard history, In October 1943 Lawrence was drafted into the Coast Guard, then part of the Navy. As the armed services were still segregated, he, along with all African-American recruits, were automatically limited to the steward's mate rate. After his basic training at Curtis Bay, Maryland he was assigned to the Ponce de Leon Hotel

title: Ponce de Leon Hotel

text: Hurston, Robert Frost, John Dos Passos, and, most particularly, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, visited or lived in St. Augustine during this time, and there was an active community of artists. During World War II, the Ponce de Leon Hotel was taken over by the federal government and was used as a Coast Guard Training Center. St. Augustine is considered to be the birthplace of the Coast Guard Reserve, as one of the first classes to graduate from Reserve officer training did so at St. Augustine in May 1941. From 1942 until the end of the war in 1945, thousands of young

title: Ponce de Leon Park

text: also demolished) and today a strip mall, Midtown Place, occupies the location. The famous magnolia tree is still standing at the rear of the shopping center along the BeltLine trail. College football games were also once hosted at Ponce de Leon Park. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets played all their home games there from 1908 to 1911. The Georgia Bulldogs have also played games at 'Poncey.' On July 1, 1940, the park hosted an exhibition fight between a 45-year-old Jack Dempsey and wrestler Clarence (Cowboy) Luttrell which Dempsey won. The park also hosted regular Friday night high school football games

title: Ponce de Leon Inlet Light

text: Light Station property from the Coast Guard in 1972, and the Lighthouse Preservation Association was formed to manage the museum. That same year, the lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1982 the light was restored to active service, primarily because highrise buildings blocked the Coast Guard's beacon on the other side of the inlet. The Ponce De Leon Inlet Light Station was designated a National Historic Landmark on August 5, 1998, one of only eleven lighthouses to earn this designation. The lighthouse and three keepers' dwellings have been restored, and are open to the public

title: Juan Ponce de León

text: the Emirate of Granada ended, there was no apparent need for his military services at home, so, like many of his contemporaries, Ponce de León looked abroad for his next opportunity. In September 1493, some 1,200 sailors, colonists, and soldiers joined Christopher Columbus for his second voyage to the New World. Ponce de León was a member of this expedition, one of 200 "gentleman volunteers." The fleet reached the Caribbean in November 1493. They visited several islands before arriving at their primary destination in Hispaniola. In particular they anchored on the coast of a large island the natives called Borinquen

title: Bahía de Ponce

text: Isla de Gatas Inlet is the next one immediately to the east. The land masses at Punta Peñoncillo and Isla de Gatas protect the bay from the prevailing east winds, but the bay is exposed to the Caribbean Sea on the South. Isla de Cardona island, located about the middle of the entrance to the bay, is home to the Isla Cardona Light which is located roughly in the middle of the island. Isla de Gatas is located south of the Port of Ponce piers. Once a land mass fully surrounded by water, Isla de Gatas is now part of

text: of the "residencia" and governor of New Spain, at an annual salary of 3,000 ducats of gold. Ponce de León sailed from Sanlúcar de Barrameda on February 2, 1526. In May, Cortés returned to Mexico City and resumed his governorship. Ponce was detained in Hispaniola until May 31, 1526 for repairs to his ship, arriving in Mexico City in June, He presented himself to the ayuntamiento (city government) on July 5, 1526. He carried with him the decree from Toledo dated November 4, 1525 granting him the powers, and Cortés stepped aside to honor the royal decree. Ponce de León

title: Nicolás Suárez Ponce de León

text: Nicolás Suárez Ponce de León Nicolás Suárez Ponce de León (c. 1590 – 1651) was the accountant ("contador") for the Royal Treasury of Spanish Florida from 1630 until his death in 1651, and from 1631 to 1633 served as acting co-governor of the colony with Eugenio de Espinosa, when Governor Andres Rodriguez Villegas died in office, and also for a few months in 1651. Nicolás Suárez Ponce was born between 1590 and 1595, in Almaguer, Cauca, in what is now Colombia, then part of the Spanish colony of the New Kingdom of Granada. He was the son of Alejo Suarez

title: Bahía de Ponce

text: of the Ponce vicinity. It significantly damaged the Spanish Customs House in Ponce, this being one of the few building left standing after the fire. The fire burned down the major buildings of the "Marina de Ponce" (Ponce port) as well. In 1887 the Spanish government built the Caja de Muertos Light on an island by the same name just off the coast of barrio Playa. This was followed by the building of Cardona Island Light lighthouse in 1889, on a small island called Isla Cardona located at the entrance of Bahía de Ponce. Both of these islands are part

title: Mónica Ponce de León

text: fellow. In 2007 Ponce de León received the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award in Architecture, the first Hispanic architect to receive this honor. Her work has received numerous awards, including a dozen Progressive Architecture awards, the Harleston Parker Medal (2002), as well as citations from the American Institute of Architects, I.D. Magazine, and the Boston Society of Architects. In 2008, the Macallen Building was named one of the Top Ten Green Projects by the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment. In 2016 Ponce de Leon was elected to the National Academy of Design. Mónica Ponce de León Mónica Ponce

title: Ponce De Leon Boutique Hotel

text: hotel type was a reflection of the growing wealth of the American economy in this period and the increased popularity of Florida as a winter tourist destination. Designed by George Feltham, the locally notable architect also responsible for the First Baptist Church and the Green-Richman Arcade, the Ponce De Leon is a six-story steel framed structure with concrete exterior clad in smooth stucco. It is rectangular in plan and contains a basement along the east half of the building. Typical of this style is the building’s flat roof, which is surrounded by a Mission-style parapet wall trimmed with art stone

title: Ponce de León Island

text: more historically accurate than the name Ponce de Leon. The Ais and their ancestors lived in this area for 3000 years. It was named The Province of Ais by the Spanish in the 17th century. In 1601 the Spanish king commissioned a map of Florida indicating his desires for a fort to be built in Miami. On the map he indicated the land we know as Brevard County as the 'Province of Ais', as it was typical in those days to designate a region of specific tribal domination and generally took its name from the ruling cacique. A third naming

title: De Leon, Texas

text: passed and a new high school was built. De Leon, Texas De Leon ( ) is a city located in Comanche County in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 2,246 at the time of the 2010 census. It is commonly associated with being named after the Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon, but the town is actually named for its location on the Leon River ("de Leon" in Spanish), which flows directly north and east of the community, and drains into nearby Lake Proctor. The town was laid out in April 1881 by surveying crews of the Texas Central

title: Fernando Ponce de León

text: freedom. Ponce de León is a writer of the 20th century that is fresh reading for the 21st century. Fernando Ponce de León Fernando Ponce de León París (Bogotá, September 6, 1917 – Bogotá, November 13, 1998) was a Colombian writer born within a large family of eleven siblings. He lived a childhood of deprivation despite belonging to aristocratic families in Colombia, but also filled with great experiences and solidarity with his brothers and sisters. Still waiting to be published, he left several written testimonies of this period of his life. The Ponce de Leon Paris are direct descendants of