Overview

• Less than a day after a public reinauguration, decorative copones were broken and plants were crushed at the Escalera Imperial, with one urn ripped off and smashed, according to officials and local reports.
• Mayor Guillermo Montenegro condemned the act and said the municipality will file a criminal complaint to trigger an investigation to identify the perpetrators.
• Authorities began reviewing area security cameras, and as of the latest reports no investigative breakthroughs or repair plans had been announced.
• The restoration rebuilt about 90 meters of handrail, steps, landings and pillars, installed 15 lampposts, recreated stone finishes and copones, and preserved a 1909 Val D’Osne cast-iron urn noted as the staircase’s crown piece.
• Saturday’s ceremony at the Paseo Hermitage featured municipal officials, the Guardia del Mar, a naval band and the great-grandson of designer Carlos Thays, while reports differ on the restoration timeline, citing either eight months of work or a three-year process.