Interesting! That makes sense in a twisted way. Always wondered why.
We have a bank here in town that was built on the location of a longtime
restaurant. Taxes on a new building are higher than a remodel. So.....
there's one single back wall remaining from the old restaurant. The
remainder of the buidling is all brand-new construction!
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 9:11 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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