Havana/A balcony on San Lázaro Street, between Hospital and Sword, Centro Habana, collapsed this Saturday and fell on a woman who passed at that time through the block. “The girl was about 40. 14ymedio A neighbor from the neighborhood who ensures that there are still the rubble on the street.
“A friend helped her get up and left with her. He ran the rumor that she was dead, but then the police came and said she was alive and admitted to a hospital. It was learned that she lives by Infanta and that she is from this area, but I don’t know who she is,” adds the resident. As explained, the residents of San Lázaro are alarmed by the situation of street buildings, which every so often is the protagonist of a new collapse.
“Where the stones fell, many elders always feel that this time did not die of a miracle. They had already left when the balcony collapsed,” he says, although he fears that the next time a balcony or part of a facade will be released, the neighbors do not run so much luck.
“At any time Havana Vieja will be like a desert, dust nothing more, except the Capitol and hotels that are the only thing they repair annually”
Laziness, saltpeter and lack of resources of who inhabit San Lázaro They have made an example of the already insurmountable architecture of the capital. Alien to the restoration of the historic center and somewhat away from the most modern neighborhood of El Vedado, the buildings of the artery that run in parallel to the sea are clearly unrecoverable.
In social networks Some neighbors also reported the collapse, which unleashed criticism against the government, which has abandoned the neighborhood and other areas of the capital to their fate. “At any time Havana Vieja will be like a desert, dust nothing more, except the Capitol and hotels that are the only thing they repair annually.”
Other commentators told the problem as one of the evils that Habaneros must face daily. “The situation we have here in Havana is deplorable. Churre eating everywhere, despair, electricity, hunger, misery, people dying, children without food and the elderly wishing a little attention and help.”
“Where the stones fell always feel many elders who this time did not die of miracle”
Last August, another old woman was injured after partially collapsed A building on Queen Streetbetween Manrique and San Nicolás, also in Centro Habana. The woman was hospitalized and about 15 families were homeless, with their furniture and appliances stationed on the street.
That night, most had to pass it outdoors and, according to one of those affected to this newspaper, that first day nobody came from the government to worry about their situation.
A few weeks before, in a partial collapse in a property in the corner of San Rafael and Galiano, in the same municipality, An employee died Del Boulevard coffee, located on the ground floor. The collapse of the ceiling left several people trapped. As the neighbors explained to 14ymediothe building has a quarter shop with infrastructure and overcrowding problems. Part of the ceiling collapsed on trade workers and one of them died under the rubble. All the apple in which the construction is located has alarming signals of deterioration and lack of maintenance.
