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House in
Havana, Cuba
"House under remodel in Havana"
©2001 Elroy
Christenson
This house in Havana is off one of the main squares and has several
supports in place as though it is the next project to get finished. The
roof has light coming through visible from below and is so dilapidated
that it seems unlikely that anyone could live here. You can see that
the laundry indicates that it is occupied. This same building was on
the cover of National Geographic about 10 years earlier in exactly the
same condition of disrepair. It seems the tenants are given a
"living stipend" that is supposed to cover living expenses and up-keep
money for their habitation. From what we saw in Havana this
stipend seems far too small and many buildings are in need of serious
maintainence while others on the ocean side are just empty
facades. Water has to be delivered to some apartments in trucks
while residents haul it up with five gallon buckets because the water
lines have corroded and leak too badly to be used.
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