The Queen was formerly known as the Queen of Trinidad and Tobago before T&T became a Republic in 1976.
Here are five places in T&T named after the Queen’s title.
Queen’s Park Savannah
Queen’s Park Savannah (QPS) is a park in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Known locally as simply “Savannah”, it is Port of Spain’s largest open space. It occupies about 260 hectares (110 ha)[1] of level land, and the distance around the perimeter is about 2.2 mi (3.5 km).
Once sugarcane farmland, it was purchased by the city council in 1817 from the Peschier family (except for a small plot near its center that served as the Peschier cemetery, which remains in private hands).
At first it was used as a large cattle pasture in what was then the outskirts of the city, but by the mid-19th century it had become a park. In the early 20th century, it was used as an airstrip when there were no airports built. Until the early 1990s, horse racing was often held at Savannah Racecourse, and it also contains several cricket, football and rugby pitches. Aside from a ring of trees around its perimeter, Savannah was never landscaped except for a small area in its northwest corner called the Hollows, a former reservoir now drained and planted with ornamental shrubs.
Today it remains a major recreational site in T&T.
This man looks relaxed and completely engrossed in his cell phone as he sits on a tree branch in the Queen’s Park Savannah. Guardian Media’s Kerwin Pierre was there!
KERWIN PIERRE
The Queen’s Hall
Built in 1959 and located in Port of Spain on a picturesque 3 acre site at the entrance to St Anns and Cascade, the 30,000 square foot arts center provides a setting for a wide variety of world-class events and an eclectic mix the theater. , music, dance and other performing arts disciplines.
Queen’s Hall, Port of St. Anne of Spain. (Image courtesy of Queen’s Hall)
Queen’s Royal College
Queen’s Royal College (St.Clair, Trinidad), abbreviated as QRC, or “The College” by alumni, is a secondary school in Trinidad and Tobago. Originally a boarding school and grammar school, the secular college is selective and notable for its German Renaissance architecture, academic performance and alumni representation in sports, politics and science in Trinidad and Tobago and around the world.
The main building itself is one of the Magnificent Seven, a group of historic buildings built in the early 1900s. The North and South buildings, known as the North Block and Science Block respectively, were built in the late 1930s. The school has the pavilion and its canteen, both located on the edge of its field, used in all seasons for various sports. It got its name under Queen Victoria.
Queen’s Royal College.
Shirley Bahadur
Queen’s Road
Officially renamed Queen Janelle Street Commissiong in 2017, Queen Street had been one of the main west-to-east thoroughfares in the capital for decades. There is another Queen’s Road in the country’s second city, San Fernando and there is also a Queen’s Road in Arima.
Queen Street, Port-of-Spain
NICOLE DRAYTON
Queen’s Park Oval
The Queen’s Park Oval is a sports stadium in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, used mainly for cricket matches. It was opened in 1896. Privately owned by the Queen’s Park Cricket Club, it is currently the second largest cricket ground in the West Indies with seating for around 20,000.
It has hosted more Test matches than any other ground in the Caribbean with 60 as of January 2018, and has also hosted a number of One Day International (ODI) matches, including many World Series Cricket games in 1979 and Cricket World Cup matches 2007 Cup. The Trinidad and Tobago cricket team play most of their home matches at the ground, and it is the home ground of Caribbean Premier League team Trinbago Knight Riders.
The pavilion dates back to 1896, although it underwent numerous renovations in the 1950s and in 2007 before the World Cup and after an earthquake. The “Concrete Stand” was renamed the “Learie Constantine Stand” in recognition of that former West Indies cricketer. The first ODI match at the ground was played in March 1983, and the first Twenty20 International in 2009.
Queen’s Park Oval T&T
