This photo was taken at a restaurant that was situated 45 stories high.The Hotel Riviera which was built by Meyer Lansky in the Miramar region of Havana. This is where we stayed and where I got stuck in an elevator for an hour. Needless to stay I took the stairs there after.An example of the crumbling architecture in Old HavanaA plaza located at the intersection of Cuba and US interests. The American government rents embassy space from the Swiss government and their embassy is located right behind this plaza.
Brutalist architecture built during the Russian period.More colonial period architecture. Cuba is home to the second largest collection of colonial architecture in the Western hemisphere, and thus was granted UNESCO world heritage site status.Viaja Plaza located in Old Havana.A famous restaurant in Old Havana. Lots of photos of famous Americans in there. They also served the group a seafood meal, which meant Matty had to eat at the taco truck next door. Thank you allergies.To keep the shell of the building on the left from collapsing, it is braced onto the building on the right.
Lots of art deco style buildings populate the outskirts of Old Havana.
Another plaza in Old Havana. The gentleman with the camera is one of the city planners in Minneapolis and was a wealth of amazing information about mixed use and transit oriented development.
