Havana revisited : an architectural heritage / Cathryn Griffith ; translations by Dick Cluster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griffith, Cathryn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Cuba--Havana.

Architecture.

Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration--Cuba--Havana.

Historic buildings.

Havana (Cuba)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Havana (Cuba).

Physical Description:

240 p. : col. ill., map ; 27 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2010.

Contents:

Foreword / Eusebio Leal Spengler

Preface and acknowledgements

Introduction. Havana / Mario Coyula

Map of Havana

1. Plaza de Armas / Félix Julio Alphonso López

2. Morro Castle and Fortress of the Cabaña / Silvia María Morales Pérez

3. Plaza de San Francisco / Mario Coyula

4. Plaza de la Catedral and its church / Daniel Taboada

5. Churches and cemeteries / Carlos Venegas Fornias

6. Streets and markets / Orestes M. del Castillo

7. Signs of the times : Havana's republican landmarks revisited / Lillian Guerra

8. Capitolio Nacional and Parque Central / Mario Coyula

9. Paseo del Prado / Leland Cott

10. Malecón / Mario Coyula

11. El Vedado / Pedro Contreras - 12. Across the Almendares / Felicia Chateloin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Greenfield fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780393732849 (hardcover)