Enrique O'Neil was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1866 to 1867.
Mayoral term Enrique O'Neil is best known for having adopted a complete plan for urban remodeling for the city of Ponce in 1867.Enrique Vivoni Farage and Silvia Alvarez Curbelo. Hispanofilia: Architecture and Life in Puerto Rico, 1900-1950. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico. 1998. Page 266. The plan was adopted with the help of Spanish military engineer Félix D'Ors. It was influenced by remodeling plans in Paris, Barcelona, and Madrid. Part of the legacy of that plan are the chamfered street corners evident throughout the city. Jorge Rigau has stated that these features "signaled the city's coming of age as a modern urban entity."Jorge Rigau. Puerto Rico 1900. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Rizzoli. 1992.
See also
List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico List of Puerto Ricans
References
Further reading Ramon Marin. Las Fiestas Populares de Ponce. Editorial Universidad de Puerto Rico. 1994.
External links Guardia Civil española (c. 1898) (Includes military ranks in 1880s Spanish Empire.)