Havana forever : a pictorial and cultural history of an unforgettable city / Kenneth Treister, Felipe J. Pr estamo, and Raul B. Garcia ; foreword by Ileana Ros-Lehtinen ; afterword by Jaime Suchlicki.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-294) and index.

From village to walled city (1519-1762) -- Growth and change in the walled city (1763-1863): England's victory in Havana generated a new defense plan (1763-1779) -- From walled colonial city to the capital of the republic (1864-1898): European urbanism came to Havana: Governor Felipe Fondesuiela, Marqu es de la Torre, (1771-1776) -- Havana at the turn of the twentieth century -- Spanish Colonial architecture -- A string of public spaces -- Paseo del Prado: main street of the city -- The Malec on: La Fachada of Havana -- A new urban scale and architectural vocabulary -- Urbanism, culture, and art in the Cuban republic -- Landmarks of Havana: symbolic architecture in a historic environment -- The Cuban zest for life -- The characteristics of the city -- Defining a common purpose.

Kenneth Treister's sublime photographs capture the multiple faces of one of the world's great cities. Along with coauthors Felipe Prestamo and Raul Garcia, he explores not only Havana's unique architecture but also its culture, people, urban plazas and parks, pedestrian environment, monuments, landmarks, food, music, dance, colonial history, and idiosyncrasies from cigars to the Tropicana Supper Club. --from publisher description.

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