Graffiti & Street Art

You’ll find great graffiti all over the arts district – this was one of the best until it was recently painted-over by a real estate agency trying to see the building. You’ll find other examples all over Santurce – but grab a photo, you never know when our vibrant street-scene will get painted-over.

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Modernismo Architecture

Our neighborhood has one of the largest collections of ‘Modernismo’ architecture which was brought to Puerto Rico from Barcelona. Look for vertical lines, boxes and a streamlined attitude starting with this building one block from our hotel.

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Gay Guide to Arts District

Hotel San Jorge not only has our own gay bar on the Ponce de Leon side of the building – we’re an easy walk or short bus ride to all of San Juan’s gay nightlife. Check out this Gay Guide to Santurce. Gay Guide to San Juan  

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Location Film Production

Our neighborhood is often the site of film production.  This on-location filming took place just down the street from Hotel San Jorge in front of our neighborhood supermarket that was converted to a ‘New York Neighborhood’ for the day of the filming. Its not easy to find out when films will be shot on-location, but…

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The Rum Diary

If you’ve see The Rum Diary with Johnny Depp, you’ll be familiar with our neighborhood. When they filmed the movie on location in San Juan, many scenes were shot just down the street from Hotel San Jorge (you can see our building through the trees). The final scene is at 1 hour 50 seconds into…

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