Preserving Hemingway's Havana Home

US preservation group wants to team up with Cuba in a controversial effort to save the author's residence.

1 minute read

June 9, 2005, 5:00 AM PDT

"...Declaring the sorry state of Finca Vigía a threat to a piece of American cultural history, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has named the old farmhouse on a hillside overlooking the Cuban capital one of America's most endangered historic places...

What makes the hands-across-the-Straits-of-Florida project so noteworthy is not just the fact that it is the first time the National Trust has placed a site outside the United States on its list of America's most endangered historic places."

Thanks to Chris Steins

FULL STORY: Will the bell toll for Hemingway's Havana home?

Tuesday, June 7, 2005 in The Christian Science Monitor

History / Preservation United States

I love the variety of courses, many practical, and all richly illustrated. They have inspired many ideas that I've applied in practice, and in my own teaching. Mary G., Urban Planner

I love the variety of courses, many practical, and all richly illustrated. They have inspired many ideas that I've applied in practice, and in my own teaching.

Mary G., Urban Planner

Get top-rated, practical training

Start Learning

Advertise with us

Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.