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Welcome to the world's tallest slum: poverty-ridden Venezuela's Tower of David. Squatters took over this very unfinished 45-story skyscraper...
A video tour of the ‘Tower of David,’ Venezuela’s infamous skyscraper-turned-slum
Today, the "Tower of David" is often described as the world’s tallest slum, its most dangerous communal housing project or some combination of the two. But when the skyscraper was conceived in the early '90s, it was supposed to be a testament to the booming financial class in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas. Construction was abandoned mid-way after the banking crisis of 1994, and the building sat empty until a charismatic gang-member-turned-evangelical-pastor led an occupation in 2007.
Since then, it’s been the subject of near-constant media attention and political controversy, particularly among Venezuelans who want the squatters kicked out. But rarely do reporters get a view like the one Vocativ recorded from the 23rd floor, as part of this mini-documentary and video tour of the iconic site:
The International struggle is soooooo real...
Welcome to the world's tallest slum: poverty-ridden Venezuela's Tower of David. Squatters took over this very unfinished 45-story skyscraper...
A video tour of the ‘Tower of David,’ Venezuela’s infamous skyscraper-turned-slum
Today, the "Tower of David" is often described as the world’s tallest slum, its most dangerous communal housing project or some combination of the two. But when the skyscraper was conceived in the early '90s, it was supposed to be a testament to the booming financial class in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas. Construction was abandoned mid-way after the banking crisis of 1994, and the building sat empty until a charismatic gang-member-turned-evangelical-pastor led an occupation in 2007.
Since then, it’s been the subject of near-constant media attention and political controversy, particularly among Venezuelans who want the squatters kicked out. But rarely do reporters get a view like the one Vocativ recorded from the 23rd floor, as part of this mini-documentary and video tour of the iconic site:
The International struggle is soooooo real...