The Plaza del Vapor was a covered market in Havana, it was completed in 1835. Its name derives from its builder Francisco Martí who became later the impresario of the Tacón Theatre and who had a monopoly of fish trade in the city. Martí had a painting placed against a wall from a bar of the ship El Neptuno, the first vapor that made regular round trips between Havana and Matanzas. "It was the image of that ship that ended up naming the building." From the Plaza del Vapor, Martí sold 50% of all the lottery tickets. in Cuba.
Plaza del Vapor, corner of Calles Galiano and Reina.
Central courtyard. Leonardo Morales y Pedroso's Cuban Telephone Co. building in the background.
Plaza de Vapor_entrance calle Dragones, Havana, Cuba
The steamship Neptuno, for which the Plaza "del Vapor" was named
The Edificio del Seguro Médico is a commercial building in El Vedado, Havana. Built between 1955 and 1958, it was designed as a mixed use building for apartments and offices for the headquarters of the National Medical Insurance Company by Antonio Quintana Simonetti.
Commercial building entrance on La Rampa. Drawing by Quintana.
Residential lobby entrance from Calle N, mural by Mariano Rodriguez
Structural Plan. Residential block