August 27, 2007
Who needs a stairmaster?
Question: How many residential elevators are there in all of Havana?
Answer: 562, many in disrepair
Question: How many were there in 1959?
Answer: 553, all were most likely in good working order
With a population exceeding more than 2 million, the city fathers of Havana have managed to install 9 new elevators in 48 years. All to maintain the proper health of its citizens, I'm sure.
Read all about it at Child of the Revolution.
Posted by Henry Louis Gomez at August 27, 2007 10:03 AM
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I read somewhere where all new construction in Cuba had a four story height limitation, specifically so as not to need elevators, given the irregularity of electricity.
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at August 27, 2007 10:34 AM
And you need special fire fighting equipment to fight fires over 5 stories. If their cars are vintage '40s and '50s, I wonder what their emergency services vehicles are like?
Posted by: Scott at August 27, 2007 03:23 PM
oye, cada vez que se rompia el elevador del edficio de casa de mi amiga, quien vivia en un piso 23 ...bueno...I'm glad I was in my teens/ early twenties -
Posted by: nurian at August 27, 2007 04:19 PM
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