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'Something is Happening Here.' Demonstrators call attention to stalled, rusting work on 26th Street and Ave. Septima. In the wake of recent rulilngs say that the project was acceptable, I had exoected work would restart on the bridge over this avenue. |
Despite Bogotá's and Colombia's strong economies, parts of the capital are crumbling and peeling.
Today I met members of an arts collective holding a ceremony to call people's attention to an unfinished bridge over Calle 26th, which they call a white elephant. (Neighbors objected to the plan to roof over 26th and expand the adjoining Parque de la Independencia.) With construction work stopped for more than a year, but project is crumbling even before it's finished. They also plan to demonstrate by a nearby drug-filled alley and at other social blights.
The theatre group calls itself Waja, a Wayuu word meaning 'our community.' Gustavo, an organizer, told me that their goal is to have people "ask what's going on." But I didn't see many people stop to ask anything. Find them at
Laboratorio Experimental de Performance.
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Still unfinished, the work is already rusting and crumbling. |
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What have you done to help me? asks a bench on the Parkway in Teusaquillo. |
Someone labeled these decaying park benchens on The Parkway in Teusaquillo.
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'Ma acabaron.' (They finished me) |
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'I'm in a critical state,' announces another bench on The Parkway. |
Students of the public National University have protested several times in recent weeks demanding more money to repair buildings. Someone also placed humorous protest signs around campus.
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'Threat of ruins,' declares a sign on the National University's camppus. |
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Students walk past the nursing building, which looks like it needs a doctor. |
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'Tomorrow well-being will mean hardhats for everybody. Don't let the roof fall on you.' Recently, part of the law school's roof collapsed during heavy rains. |
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'62 of the University City's 129 building's need work.' |
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The law school, whose roof repotedly collapsed recently. |
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Work going on on the enginering building. |
By Mike Ceaser, of
Bogotá Bike Tours
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