Restoring Havana's neon
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Restoring Havana's neon
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Re: Restoring Havana's neon
#2Interesting article although light on the technical details of how they are restoring the neon glass signage. If the glass was well made then they can simply replace the electrodes and burn it in again (bombardment). However neon glass has changed a lot over the decade to make it easier to bend, hopefully the glass mixes old and new are compatible long term.
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#3It's an interesting project from a heritage point of view, but it feels like a throwback from when Havana was simply the playground of rich Americans. I wonder if this is a history residents really want to go back to? Having said that, I suppose a lot of retro fashions call back to a past that was darker in some respect, but people rarely care.
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#4It's an interesting project from a heritage point of view, but it feels like a throwback from when Havana was simply the playground of rich Americans. I wonder if this is a history residents really want to go back to? Having said that, I suppose a lot of retro fashions call back to a past that was darker in some respect, but people rarely care.
It's not like the revolutionaries made a policy to tear down the neon after the revolution. The America gov't instituted an embargo. Being in the tropics, the electric signs broke down, and it was hard to get replacement parts.
Almost every negative event in Cuban history can be traced back to some misguided American policy.
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#5If you ever come to Warsaw, check out this Neon Museum, full of neons from the Cold War-era Poland:
https://www.therockysafari.com/2019/02/04/the-neon-museum-in...
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#6It's an interesting project from a heritage point of view, but it feels like a throwback from when Havana was simply the playground of rich Americans. I wonder if this is a history residents really want to go back to? Having said that, I suppose a lot of retro fashions call back to a past that was darker in some respect, but people rarely care.
It's not like the revolutionaries made a policy to tear down the neon after the revolution. The America gov't instituted an embargo. Being in the tropics, the electric signs broke down, and it was hard to get replacement parts. Almost every negative event in Cuban history can be traced back to some misguided American policy.
Actually they destroy then directly and indirectly. The goverment closed all the casinos and nationalized all hotels and small business main users of neon lights. Once every little business was taken over by the government, no one really cared anymore since they belonged to no one so they slowy broke and no one cared to fix them. This a reallity for Cubans living in Cuba right now(I'm a Cuban myself but I do not live in Cuba anymore) with many other things like buildings, roads, artworks, no just neon lights. And of courses suporters of the regime will blame the US for it like with everything else.
Re: Restoring Havana's neon
#7It's an interesting project from a heritage point of view, but it feels like a throwback from when Havana was simply the playground of rich Americans. I wonder if this is a history residents really want to go back to? Having said that, I suppose a lot of retro fashions call back to a past that was darker in some respect, but people rarely care.
It's not like the revolutionaries made a policy to tear down the neon after the revolution. The America gov't instituted an embargo. Being in the tropics, the electric signs broke down, and it was hard to get replacement parts. Almost every negative event in Cuban history can be traced back to some misguided American policy.
"playground of rich Americans": certainly a fallacious reduction of Cuban history. "The America gov't instituted an embargo. Being in the tropics, the electric signs broke down": you're seriously underestimating the destructive force of communism. osmay88: thanks!.
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#8If you ever come to Warsaw, check out this Neon Museum, full of neons from the Cold War-era Poland: https://www.therockysafari.com/2019/02/04/the-neon-museum-in...
Similarily London's God Own Junkyard http://www.godsownjunkyard.co.uk/
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not like the revolutionaries made a policy to tear down the neon after the revolution. The America gov't instituted an embargo. Being in the tropics, the electric signs broke down, and it was hard to get replacement parts. Almost every negative event in Cuban history can be traced back to some misguided American policy.
Actually they destroy then directly and indirectly. The goverment closed all the casinos and nationalized all hotels and small business main users of neon lights. Once every little business was taken over by the government, no one really cared anymore since they belonged to no one so they slowy broke and no one cared to fix them. This a reallity for Cubans living in Cuba right now(I'm a Cuban myself but I do not live…
It seems an odd thing to get hung up on, really. I'd rather have universal healthcare than lots of neon lights.
Re: Restoring Havana's neon
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Actually they destroy then directly and indirectly. The goverment closed all the casinos and nationalized all hotels and small business main users of neon lights. Once every little business was taken over by the government, no one really cared anymore since they belonged to no one so they slowy broke and no one cared to fix them. This a reallity for Cubans living in Cuba right now(I'm a Cuban myself but I do not live…
It seems an odd thing to get hung up on, really. I'd rather have universal healthcare than lots of neon lights.
Dude, the reality of Cuban healthcare it's very different of what you see in the news. Foreign people are banned to enter the hospitals used by the regular people. There are special hospitals for foreigners, and Cubans cannot go there unless you have very good connections or you pay an insane amount of cash under the table(keep in mind that the average wage in Cuba is about 25$ a month and with food prices quite similar than the US). On regular people's hospitals there are shortages of meds quite often, with people having to go to the back market to get the meds they need.
Take for example here: (You can use google translate)
https://www.periodicocubano.com/pedazo-de-techo-del-hospital...