CubaEncuentro has a gallery of photos of the construction of the Malecon when it was extended to the west under Batista. Does anyone know what the building is in the background below, and where it stood? As best I can tell it’s an old convention center near where Paseo meets the Malecon.
[Update: As Ernesto of Penultimos Dias points out in the comments, these photos were placed on Flickr some time ago by another blogger. You can view them here without the watermarks that CubaEncuentro added.]
An old woman from Habana told me she thinks it was "el palacio de los deportes" which would be today "a circulo social, algo del estado". It would be located "al principio de Miramar".
ReplyDeleteEstimado Phil:
ReplyDeleteLas fotos de la construcción del Malecón ya estaban antes en Flickr, recogidas por un excelente blogger, como puedes ver aquí:
http://penultimosdias.com/2008/02/26/161-fotos/
No entiendo por qué Cubaencuentro se las ha apropiado, pero ellos sabrán.
En cuanto a la excelencia, estamos de acuerdo. Pero que es ese edificio?
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