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Can anyone identify the building in Havana in this picture?
It's on the cover of the new book, "The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon"--the tall building on the left. A picture can be found at http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://ecx.ima... If that doesn't work, just google "The Sugar King of Havana." I've been wrong on three guesses, so I give up. Thanks so much.
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Hi there!
The building is the former American Telephone Company in Havana, has been recently restored and still today, it houses the Cuban Telephone Company (ETECSA Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba) It is located on the corner of Aguila and Dragones in the vecinity of China Town in Havana. Also it is very close to the Capitol building and the Fraternity park (parque de la Fraternidad) Has plenty of marbles inside, it is an art deco building and in the lobby it is like a museum including the first telephones operating in Cuba and the first telephone central as well.
if you need further details of the building, please contact me internally, and I will be happy to assist.
Source(s): Former tour guide in Cuba - 1 decade ago
The picture on the book is not sharp so I am not sure, but with the park in front it looks like the building on Parque Central (right hand side) see video below (first 10 sec). At the Plaza Veija (side
Muralla street you can see a similar tower ( with renovation works at this moment)
- BeardoLv 71 decade ago
As mentioned, it is the view across Parque de Fraternidad towards the gateway to Chinatown.
