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The Zanzibar and Other Building Poems

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Building Name Poems

Rodrigo was in school at the time, working three jobs to support himself and his family. He named more than 40 buildings all over Santiago during a little over a year. Dozens of poems he wrote are now embedded into the design of his city.

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