What happened?

When Manuel Noriega was running the show in Panama this was a Social Club for his top commanders. You can see it was severely damaged during the US invasion that took place in 1989. Since then it has been sold several times to private investors and the hope was that it would be turned into a hotel. Recently, it appeared in one of the James Bond films - Quantum of Solace - in the evening party scene. it is also used by the kids as a diving platform and often they also skate there. Even though it is very neglected it has been used for fashion shows, concerts and for filming of many commercials.

So what is missing? What happened? You can easily spot the before and after as the tree shows that it is definitely as big as it looks.

Many times the old buildings (especially when we get a lot of rain and wind) start coming apart. The tree and part of the building collapsed! The only problem with that collapse is that all the debris has blocked access to the beach. Right now this site is under renovation and reconstruction to become a luxury hotel. Perhaps that idea will finally come to pass.