Services

The urban area can be characterised in many ways. One of them being the amount, type and availability of services!

There is nowhere in Trinidad that offers more services than the capital itself. Port of Spain offers services from the western coast to the foothills of the Northern Range.

There is an array of commercial, administrative and residential buildings.  The intensity of administrative buildings, government offices, hotels, goods and service oriented shops and outlets, is one that is unique to the city of Port of Spain.

Hyatt Regency Hotel, Port of Spain, Trinidad

From the Water Front, the skyline is graced with towering administrative and commercial building. The Hyatt hotel and the Parliament building stand tall and meet the eyes of the world. Further back the Central Bank and other important buildings continue down the Brian Lara Promenade.

The first picture shows the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago which constitutes the main managerial activities of the country. The second photo shows the Central Bank which is the main bank of the country.

Trinidad and Tobago, Twin Towers

A walk down the Brian Lara Promenade shows the change in activities eastward. The services begin to consist of shops, bars, smaller banks and food outlets. The third picture, taken at Independence Square, shows and array of activities that meet the day to day amenities of the general public. Food outlets, shops and banks are observed from the photo.

Independence Square, Port of Spain

In addition, the city is comprised of an intensity of shopping outlets. Streets upon streets are filled with stores that offer goods and services to the citizens.  The fourth picture illustrates this clearly. Streets like Frederick Street, Henry Street and Charlotte Street are the main shopping streets in the city. In fact a brochure from the Tourism Development Company of Trinidad and Tobago labels Charlotte Street as the ‘Bargain Capital of the Caribbean.’

One of the issues that arise from this theme is the lack of services for the less fortunate. Further eastward on Tamarind Square, homeless people are surrounded with so many services but do that have the capital to access them. To them, the type, intensity and availability of services does not even matter.