By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 143 (January/February 2017)
This old house
One of the treasures of Cuba’s capital is the concentration of historic architecture in Old Havana, reflecting five centuries of evolving...
Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Cuba
By Sean Drakes and Claudia Lightfoot ● Issue 64 (November/December 2003)
Feeling Havana
Cracked concrete blocks that soar skyward between elegant single-story houses. Peeling art deco treasures squashed against brand-new...
Immerse, Arts and Architecture, Culture, History, Trinidad and Tobago
By Angelo Bissessarsingh ● Issue 122 (July/August 2013)
Houses of the spirits
In islands like Jamaica and Barbados, the great sugar plantocracies of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries spawned imposing mansions...
Engage, Culture, Festivals and Events, Haiti
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 119 (January/February 2013)
Haiti’s Jacmel: Can’t stop the Kanaval
Founded at the end of the seventeenth century, Jacmel on Haiti’s south coast has long been renowned for its historic architecture, its...