Includes bibliographical references (p.235) and index.

Foreword / Eusebio Leal Spengler -- Preface and acknowledgments / Cathryn Griffith -- Introduction: Havana / Mario Coyula -- Map of Havana -- Plaza de Armas / Félix Julio Alphonso Lòpez -- Morro Castle and Fortress of the Cabaña / Silvia Marìa Morales Pérez -- Plaza de San Francisco / Mario Coyula -- Plaza de la Catedral and its church / Daniel Taboada -- Five churches and cemeteries / Carlos Venegas Fornias -- Streets and markets / Orestes M. del Castillo del Prado -- Signs of the times : Havana's republican landmarks revisited / Lillian Guerra -- Capitolio Nacional and Parque Central / Mario Coyula -- Paseo del Prado / Leland Cott -- Malecón / Mario Coyula -- El Vedado / Pedro Contreras -- Beyond the Almendares / Felicia Chateloin.

"This beautifully illustrated book documents the history, preservation, and present uses of Havana's most important buildings and urban spaces. Interpreting the present in light of the past, eleven renowned architects, historians, scholars, preservationists, and urban planners in Cuba and the United States provide a rigorous examination of Havana old and new that provokes exploration of the ways we look at all cities. These authoritative policy makers and thinkers raise issues of how the most important city in Spanish colonial America developed and changed over several centuries and the extent to which it is being restored and preserved today. More than 350 illustrations juxtapose historical colored postcard images of Havana with recent digital color photographs of the same views. The imagery, based on years of exhaustive research and investigation, draws from Cathryn Griffith's collection of more than 600 postcards of Havana from 1900 to 1930, over 3,000 photographs made there during multiple trips since April 2003, and extensive interviews with experts in Havana and the United States."--Publisher's description.