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Flattened by an earthquake in 1907, downtown Kingston
has lost most of its grand eighteenth-century architecture,
though a handful of historic buildings can still be found
along Rum Lane, Water Lane and King Street. Much of
Kingston's economic strength still derives from its
impressively huge natural harbor, one of the world's
best but grimly polluted these days.
Once buzzing with trading ships, the wind-whipped waterfront
is a good spot to start exploring; it's also the departure
point for the ferry to Port Royal. The chief beneficiary of
the city council's 1960s' effort to beautify downtown, the
waterfront saw its historic buildings swept away and
replaced by spanking new high-rises.
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Today these modern monuments define the eastern end of the
waterfront's main strip, Ocean Boulevard. Housed in an
unprepossessing iron building at the western end of Ocean
Boulevard, the Craft Market (closed Sun) is the least
expensive place on the island to buy souvenirs, and shopping
here is usually a hassle-free experience.
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Jamaica
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Montego Bay, Kingston, Ocho Rios, Negril, Blue Mountains, Portland
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