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San Lazaro, the Havana Street Where Residents Live in Permanent Fear of a Collapse

14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, 30 November 2023 —  A flap of concrete and steel makes it difficult to exit through the door of the tenement located at 512 San Lázaro Street between Lealtad and Perseverancia, in Centro Habana. This Wednesday what everyone had been fearing for years happened: part of the upper balcony collapsed, leaving … Continue reading “San Lazaro, the Havana Street Where Residents Live in Permanent Fear of a Collapse”

San Lazaro and Perseverance Streets, Another Bombed-Out Corner of Havana

14ymedio, Nelson García, Havana, 28 August 2023 — Oscar sleeps “with one eye open and the other closed” in case the roof ends up collapsing on this 67-year-old Havana resident and his family in the middle of the night. The retiree, who lives at the corner of Perseverancia (Perserverance) and San Lazaro streets in Central … Continue reading “San Lazaro and Perseverance Streets, Another Bombed-Out Corner of Havana”

Four Families Are Removed From a Building About To Collapse in Central Havana Due to the Last Rains

14ymedio, Havana, December 13, 2023 — The four families who still lived in the building that, in the early hours of this Wednesday, partially collapsed on the corner of San Lázaro and Perseverancia, in Central Havana, were evacuated, as confirmed by 14ymedio. This afternoon several demolition teams were working on  removing the parts of the … Continue reading “Four Families Are Removed From a Building About To Collapse in Central Havana Due to the Last Rains”

Heavy Rains Lead to Partial Collapse of a Havana Building

14ymedio, Havana, 13 December 2023 — The thing that residents of the building on the corner of San Lázaro and Perseverancia streets in Central Havana feared most finally happened early Wednesday. Heavy rains that had lashed the Cuban capital for hours led to a partial collapse of the building, which has been in danger of … Continue reading “Heavy Rains Lead to Partial Collapse of a Havana Building”