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The Zanzibar and Other Building Poems

99% Invisible

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Can Con Con Con Contre Con Tres Con Quabro

Rodrigo's work is transformative. He imagined that to forget the weather, residents might sit on their balconies and dream of beaches. The developers were so excited about this they bought palm trees and planted them in front of the building. So there's a whole neighborhood with names of islands and beaches.

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