haiti | Everything about Gingerbread
Sep 30 2011
This event will be recorded for WBEZ’s Chicago Amplified. The Caribbean island of Haiti, the setting of the devastating December 2009 earthquake, has a rich and unique wealth of architectural heritage in the form of their “gingerbread houses.” This …
Aug 26 2010
IN PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI When counselors asked the children at the Plas Timoun psychological therapy center to draw, what came out on the paper were images of crumbled houses, severed limbs and blood spurting …
Mar 05 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — His pack of Comme Il Faut cigarettes was almost depleted. The smell of rotting garbage on the street and fried pork from a stall next to his tent filled the air in Place St.
Feb 23 2010
Shifting debris and twisted metal by hand, Haitian workers backed by Japanese UN military engineers on Monday rescued remaining valuable paintings and sculptures from the collapsed rubble of one of Haiti’s most notable art museums. The workers and …
Feb 22 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Shifting debris and twisted metal by hand, Haitian workers backed by Japanese U.N.
Feb 14 2010
One-third destroyed … Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 17 January. Photograph: David Levene Most people witnessing the devastation in Haiti have felt powerless to help, but not architects. Since the earthquake on 12 January, some 350 British architects …
Jan 28 2010
Every day after the massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, Marie Reed and 11-year-old son, Jonathan, would watch the morning news and feel utterly overwhelmed by the heartbreaking images of devastation and destruction that flickered across their …
Jan 26 2010
MIAMI — There was a time when Haiti was hip.
Jan 24 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The earthquake that struck Haiti this month could not erase the country’s centuries-old history as a place that broke the bonds of slavery and emerged as rich in creative energy as it was poor in so much else. But some of …
Jan 24 2010
From its majestic centers of government to its towering houses of worship, from its gingerbread-style houses to its vibrant centers of art, Haiti’s cultural identity was devastated by the quake, say experts who are just beginning to get a sense of …
