Haiti's Iron Market

20/02/2012

[Port-au-Prince] Haiti. Architectural Record.[VIDEO] The McGraw-Hill Construction's Video library

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Not all bad news from sadly neglected Haiti. Here we bring a video about one its monuments, social icon, a market restored, thanks to international aid, opened a year ago (January 2011). Restored by John McAslan + Partners.

U.K. firm John McAslan + Partners led the team that restored Port-au-Prince's historic Iron Market. Enclosing an eclectic bazaar, the structure, built in France and originally intended to become a train station in Cairo before being erected in Haiti in 1891, suffered severe damage during the 2010 earthquake.

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