"Tower of David" in Caracas: The biggest squat in the world
In 1990, Venezuelan millionaire Brillemburg began to build a 60-storey office skyscraper in Caracas. By 1993, it was built 45 floors - and in the same year he died a millionaire. Unfinished empty for long: in 2000 he captured the anarchists and the Baptists. Now they are living there 2500.
1. We could not find the heirs of a millionaire money for the completion of the office center, and a tower inhabited addicts, prostitutes and other antisocial personality. In 1999, as a result of the revolution came to power, Hugo Chavez. One of his first decisions was to call for "workers" to capture the vacant property. By that time, about 400 thousand families in Caracas had no housing or lived in the slums. People began to take root in the emptied after escaping their masters houses, warehouses and other facilities that had walls and roof. However, the "Tower of David," and remained a refuge for gangsters - few dared to enter into conflict with them.
There were only two "civic activists" who have entered into a confrontation with the bandits: anarchist David Lopez, nicknamed "Honesto" (honest) and DASA Baptist pastor Alexander "El Niño" (the kid). Ideological and religious color of their activities should not be confused: the first served in jail for 3 years (where he became interested in anarchism and), the second was the leader of a street gang, has been in prison and 8 years at all (sitting behind bars, he left Catholicism and became a pastor) .
In general, six months 'Honesto "," El Nino "and their team knocked out of the mobsters' Tower of David." True, a year later, in late 2001, David Lopez, "Honesto" fell from 14 floors, then assumed - that is not without "help" defeated them gangsters.
Today, the 45-storey unfinished occupy about 2,500 people, of which about 800 people - Baptists, and about 500 - Anarchists (assuming that the other people in one way or another simply share their views, but in fact simply stood for a reliable "roof") . Three times a week, apart from one another and anarchists of the commune Baptists gather to discuss current and future challenges, as well as for prayer, or listening to political information. Every 2 weeks is a joint meeting of the communes where voting is taken any decision. In fact, the "Tower of David" rules of the anarcho-fundamentalism.
2. In order not to quarrel with the authorities, even revolutionary, all residents pay for utilities, on average it takes about $ 15 a month. True, water supply and sewerage supply are carried out only up to 28 floors. It was on these floors, and live "ideological squatters," and those who are not formally part of their community, are located on the 28th floor of 45.
3. Squatters in its sole discretion, make alterations, converting office space to residential. Also on the money they finish building containing walls. Another idea pastor DASA - to lease parking spaces in the basement "of the Tower of David," and used the money to build out on a floor in a year.
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7. Russia also has more than 120 unfinished projects, each with an area of over 10 thousand sq. m. The biggest of them - located in the south-west of Moscow Business Center "Zenith". Its area is 100 thousand square meters. The building abandoned since 1995, when his investors of the Italian company were at home planted behind bars in "Operation Clean Hands" (in connection with the mafia and money laundering), and their accounts were arrested and taken away.
8. Collapsing unfinished "Zenith"
Construction of the "Zenith" at a cost of 208 million euros, and the debt he took on himself the federal budget (VEB has been paid in full in 2006). Criminal proceedings were instituted against the Italian partner - Russian economist and academician Abel Aganbegyan. He was accused of misappropriation and embezzlement of 37 million euros. However, in 2000 the Western District of Moscow prosecutor's office suspended the case and the parties reached a settlement agreement (still did not know whether he gave money Aganbegyan, and if so - what to whom and how much).
9. Inside the unfinished "Zenith"
Meanwhile, in 2006, it became clear that, legally, this building did not exist in nature, and until 2007 it was, transformed into federal ownership, has been registered.
All these 15 years is gradually destroyed unfinished: it break the glass, under the influence of rainfall decays wiring, crumbling concrete. On completion of the building and repair needs about 100 million euros, but the federal government is literally awash in oil money, not to move a finger to restore the "Zenith".
Venezuelan authorities on the laws of a building long ago would have been allowed to capture the squatters. It could very well live 3-4 thousand people (25-30 square meters. M per person). Moreover, these tenants for their money, as vensesuelskie anarchists, and Baptists in the case of the "Tower of David" could repair and equip their facilities.
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