Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

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Guaynabo is a municipality in the northern part of Puerto Rico. Guaynabo is considered, along with neighbors San Juan, Bayamon and Carolina and Toa Baja, to be one of the cities of the Area Metropolitana or Metropolitan Area in Puerto Rico.

Long considered to be just a drive-by town for drivers who were going from San Juan to the western part of Puerto Rico, Guaynabo went through a large economic revitalization in the 1980s, under mayor Alejandro "Junior" Cruz. However, parts of the city have also served as a San Juan suburb preferred by upper-midddle and high income families. Perhaps due to this fact, today, Guaynabo has the highest per capita income in Puerto Rico.

With Cruz at the helm, many shopping strips and malls were built, as well as Mario "Quijote" Morales Coliseum (then called Mets Pavilion). In addition, many manufacturing plants such as Hanes' plant set foot in Guaynabo then. Guaynabo has, at different times, been voted the most picturesque and cleanest town in Puerto Rico.

Mayor Cruz died in the early 1990s, and Hector O' Neill became his successor at the mayor's office. Under O' Neill, Guaynabo has continued to grow economically.

Guaynabo's BSN team, the Guaynabo Mets, won national championships in 1980, 1982 and 1989, commanded by the player after whom the coliseum was named, and his brother in law Federico "Fico" Lopez.


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