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Homeless Turn Skyscraper into World’s Tallest Squat | Domus

May 10, 2011 ~ CBPS ~ Leave a comment

Twenty years ago, Venezuelan financier David Brillembourg dreamed of a shimmering, glass-clad financial center in downtown Caracas to symbolize the nation’s economic prowess. The destiny of Torre Confinanzas was another—to become home to an informal community of 2,500 homeless people who are gradually colonizing, and completing, the unfinished 45-story building.

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