{"id":354,"date":"2008-08-23T23:45:52","date_gmt":"2008-08-24T03:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/?p=354"},"modified":"2014-10-31T14:39:19","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T18:39:19","slug":"the-ruins-of-havana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/23\/the-ruins-of-havana\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ruins of Havana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/solar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-355\" title=\"solar\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/solar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/solar.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/solar-297x300.jpg 297w, http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/solar-257x260.jpg 257w, http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/solar-409x414.jpg 409w, http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/solar-414x419.jpg 414w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: black;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">It is impossible to ignore the dangerously undermaintained shape of a serious number of La Habana&#8217;s buildings \u2015 many of which collapse or become uninhabitable and unusable each year. Theodore Dalrymple\u2019s essay <a href=\"http:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/html\/12_3_urbanities-why_havana.html\">Why Havana Had to Die <\/a>addresses this more depressing view rather eloquently. Dalrymple writes of \u2018the Ruins of Havana\u2019 and bluntly reminds us that, \u201cForty-three years of totalitarian dictatorship have left the city of Havana \u2015 one of the most beautiful in the world \u2015 suspended in a peculiar state halfway between preservation and destruction.\u201d This is a great read!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-354\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/23\/the-ruins-of-havana\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-354\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/23\/the-ruins-of-havana\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" ><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-354\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/23\/the-ruins-of-havana\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-354\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/23\/the-ruins-of-havana\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span>Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20The%20Ruins%20of%20Havana&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roylleraphotographers.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F08%2F23%2Fthe-ruins-of-havana%2F&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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