Editing Panama City (section)

==Cityscape==
[[File:DirkvdM casco viejo.jpg|thumb|left|Casco Viejo (Old town) seen from [[Ancon Hill|Ancón Hill]]]]
[[File:Famous spiral building in panama.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[F&F Tower|F&F tower]], more commonly known as "El tornillo" or "La torre tornillo" meaning "the screw" or "the screw tower"]]

===Architecture===
{{See also|List of tallest buildings in Panama City}}

Panama's old quarter (or [[Casco Viejo, Panama]]) features many architectural styles, from [[Spanish architecture#Spanish Colonial architecture|Spanish colonial]] buildings to [[French architecture|French]] and [[Antillean]] townhouses built during the construction of the [[Panama Canal]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usa-lawfirm.com/news-BostonGlobe-012207.asp?id=2924322 |title=In Panama City's Old Quarter, a Rebirth Takes Place |work=Boston Globe |date=22 January 2007 |access-date=11 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717174313/http://www.usa-lawfirm.com/news-BostonGlobe-012207.asp?id=2924322 |archive-date=17 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The more modern areas of the city have many high-rise buildings, which together form a very dense [[skyline]]. There are more than 110 high-rise projects under construction, with 127 already built.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?cityID=864 |title=Skyscraper page Panama City |publisher=Skyscraperpage.com |access-date=26 June 2010 |archive-date=18 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100518125016/http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?cityID=864 |url-status=live }}</ref> The city holds the 45th place in the world by high-rise buildings count.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?s=1&c=4&p=1&r=50&10=0 |title=Skyscraper page Cities List |publisher=Skyscraperpage.com |access-date=26 June 2010 |archive-date=13 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313234757/http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?s=1&c=4&p=1&r=50&10=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Centennial Bridge, Panama|Centennial Bridge]] that crosses the Panama Canal earned the American Segmental Bridge Institute prize of excellence, along with seven other bridges in the Americas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mensual.prensa.com/mensual/contenido/2005/10/23/hoy/panorama/379361.html |title=La Prensa Newspaper |publisher=Mensual.prensa.com |access-date=26 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124205027/http://mensual.prensa.com/mensual/contenido/2005/10/23/hoy/panorama/379361.html |archive-date=24 November 2009 }}</ref>

===Neighborhoods===
The city is located in [[Panama District]], although its metropolitan area also includes some populated areas on the opposite side of the Panama Canal. As in the rest of the country, the city is divided into ''[[corregimiento]]s'', in which there are many smaller boroughs. The old quarter, known as the ''Casco Viejo'', is located in the ''corregimiento'' of [[San Felipe, Panama|San Felipe]]. San Felipe and twelve other ''corregimientos'' form the [[urban center]] of the city, including Santa Ana, [[El Chorrillo]], Calidonia, Curundú, Ancón, Bella Vista, Bethania, San Francisco, Juan Diaz, Pueblo Nuevo, Parque Lefevre, and Río Abajo.

{{wide image|Panama city panoramic view from the top of Ancon hill.jpg|1500px|The skyline of Panama City from [[Ancon Hill]]. 2008}}