Culebra - For 12 teenagers from Culebra, the world stops for a few moments on a rainy afternoon in September, when their hands begin to play the metal drums that give life to the rhythm of calypso.

Tucked away amid houses and a block away from coffee shops, yoga studios, and vintage stores of Highland Park, there's a little sanctuary dotted with native plants and soft light that filters through ...

Goethals made excavation of the Culebra Cut a top priority on the construction site. When Goethals replaced Stevens as Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal, the bulk of the work still lay ahead.

Tucked away amid houses and a block away from coffee shops, yoga studios, and vintage stores of Highland Park, there's a little sanctuary dotted with native plants and soft light that filters through ...