Guns, gangs torment community life on Dundonald Hill
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From Dundonald Hill, St James yon can see as far Nicholas Towers in Port of Spain as well as Hasley Crawford Stadium. - Angelo Marcelle
DUNDONALD HILL is a place of contradictions.
Accessible either from Belle Vue off Long Circular Road or Patna Street in St James, the hill boasts million-dollar views – devalued by a harrowing reputation for gang violence.
It gets the name from British Admiral Thomas Cochrane, the 10th Earl of Dundonald, a British naval officer and politician, who is perhaps best known locally for purchasing all the land surrounding the pitch lake in La Brea as part of a unsuccessful commercial venture.