If it's like Honduras, the rebar sticking up from well-established
construction is there for a reason. A finished building is taxed at a much
higher rate than an unfinished building so the buildings are never
finished, no matter how old they are!
Tina
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Every time we take a Caribbean cruise and tour the islands, I'm amazed at
> how even new construction looks old and decaying. I've also noticed that
> most concrete structures still have exposed rebar sticking up at the top,
> regardless of how old they are.
>
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > All of the Soviet-era concrete buildings in Cuba are collapsing because
> the
> > concrete used was such poor quality.
> >
> > Tina
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 11:03 PM, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Well, that's because I missed that one.
> > >
> > > I've never seen concrete ties that badly deteriorated. They haven't
> been
> > > around long enough unless, like a lot of the concrete you see in
> > > construction projects in that part of the world, it's very low-grade
> > > concrete to start with.
> > >
> > > And those rails definitely look abandoned.
> > >
> > > On 4/27/15 22:01 : , Goss,Steve wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi, Y'all-
> > >> I'm surprised nobody else has remarked on the Railway shot.
> > >>
> > >> It looks like most of the ties are concrete, but in very dilapidated
> > >> condition. But there's one section (over a culvert?) that has been
> > redone
> > >> with new wood ties. That's the opposite of what I see in the states,
> > where
> > >> it's the wood ties that are old and concrete ties that are new.
> > >>
> > >> It's especially puzzling why the ties were replaced since the rail
> shows
> > >> that there have been no trains on this track in quite a while.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Steve Goss
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> PESO:
> > >>
> > >> I finished another page of photos from Bayamo:
> > >>
> > >> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/cuba&page=26
> > >>
> > >> Click on each photo and hit Original to view large.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks!
> > >>
> > >> Tina
> > >>
> > >
> > >
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