Two pastel townhouses with iron balconies over blue adoquines, a piragua vendor under a parasol, a red flamboyán, and El Morro's iconic garita perched on the city wall above the Atlantic. Two coquí frogs are hiding somewhere.
Old San Juan sits on a narrow islet at the entrance to San Juan Bay, a walled city founded by the Spanish in the early 1500s. Its streets are lined with brightly painted townhouses in yellow, pink, turquoise and coral, many with wrought-iron balconies where plants spill over the railings. Underfoot are the famous blue-tinted adoquines, cobblestones cast from furnace slag and shipped from Spain in the nineteenth century. Above it all stands Castillo San Felipe del Morro, begun in 1539, whose round stone sentry boxes, the garitas, have become a symbol of the island. Together with La Fortaleza, the old fortifications are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Street life gives the old city its flavor. Vendors push carts selling piraguas, cones of shaved ice soaked in tamarind, coconut or guava syrup. In summer the flamboyán trees burst into flame-red bloom, and after dark the tiny coquí frog fills the air with its two-note call. This brick model gathers those details onto one sunny corner, from pastel facades and iron balconies to the garita watching over the Atlantic.
How many pieces does the Old San Juan Corner have and how big is it?
The model uses 803 pieces in 129 different part types and is built in 93 steps. When finished it measures about 22 × 27 × 14 cm (length × width × height).
How do I get the bricks for this model, and what do they cost?
Bricks are not included; you receive picture-only PDF instructions plus a parts list as a CSV file and a BrickLink wanted list (XML) so you can order every part in one go. Expect the bricks to cost about $70–130 on BrickLink, an estimate that does not include shipping.
Is this an official LEGO set?
No, it is a fan-made design and not affiliated with the LEGO Group. It is built from standard parts compatible with LEGO® bricks, so you can use pieces you already own or order the ones you need.
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