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Albrook (upper left) with Marcos A. Gelabert Airport, Albrook Shopping Mall and National Transport Terminal (upper right), and part of Panama City (extreme right background). This photo shows the completed new traffic access/exit ramps and bridge (shown in lower right and in photo below as item 9). [Photo courtesy of Panama's Civil Aeronautical Authority (AAC) from its website; used with permission]

KEYED LOCATIONS/FACILITIES (former Albrook Army Airfield and Albrook Air Force Station) (Following numbers are keyed to above photo):

1 - Front area inside front gate off Gaillard Highway

2 - Gaillard Highway (renamed by Panama Avenida General Omar Torrijos Herrera)

3 - Former hangars (buildings 449, 450, 444, 445, and 446) part of new airport or Panama's Civil Aviation Auhority

4 - New Passenger Terminal of the Marcos A. Gelabert Airport (which was relocated to Albrook from Paitilla area across Panama City in January 1999) [All of the airport facilities are shown as 1 below in New Construction list and adjacent gridmap with link to expanded section]

5 - New hangars and storage/cargo buildings added -- associated with the airport

6 - Former airstrip renovated

7 - New access road to Albrook Mall and National Transport Terminal (from intersection at former Curundu Middle School to end/start of South Corridor toll road)

8 - New Albrook Shopping Mall adjacent to new National Transport Terminal [Shown as 3 below in New Construction list and adjacent gridmap with GO TO link to expanded section with details and photos]

9 - New traffic access/exit ramps and bridge; completed mid-2004 but not opened for use until mid-2006 due to problems. (Located to the right of that area in photo are additions constructed at the backside of the Panama National Police Headquarters – the former Canal Zone Government Civil Affairs Building and Library)

10 New National Transport Terminal (regional and interior buses) [Shown as 2 below in New Construction list and adjacent gridmap with GO TO link to expanded section with details and photos]

11 North Corridor toll road (beginning/end)

12 Former Albrook Army Airfield buildings/hangars adjacent to Panama Air Depot (PAD) Area backside (with part of Hangar building 1015 shown in photo)

NEW CONSTRUCTION AT ALBROOK SINCE TRANSFER TO PANAMA IN 1997

[Click on GO TO tags below for linkage to appropriate expanded section with details and photos]

1	Marcos A. Gelabert Airport (Nos. 3, 5, and 6 in above aerial photo) -- Details/photos GO TO
1a	Airport Passenger Terminal
2	National Transport Terminal-buses (No. 10 in above aerial photo) -- Details/photos GO TO
3	Albrook Shopping Mall (No. 8 in above photo)
4	Banco General (bank)
5	Global Bank (former Road Knights motorcycle club)
6	PanCanal Plaza shopping center
7	Shoppette Center (Arrocha store, etc.)
8	The Village Apartments Complex - Planned
9	Renovated Quarters 1 (former general/admiral house)
10	Albrook Park Apartments Complex
11	Russian Federation Embassy - Planned

12	Green Valley Housing Area
13	PH Ville Di Firenze Housing Area
14	Atenea Institute/Helenica-Panamanian Education Center
15	Albrook Gardens Housing Area

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William H. Ormsbee, Jr. 2006