Modern Architectures of North America

Blasting through walls, the canon fire inflicted significant damage to some of the guest rooms.

The rooms that were damaged were material evidence of the complex business arrangement between the Machado government and the National Cuba Hotel Corporation. Guest rooms included vast quantities of mahogany and wicker furniture produced in Cuba, in keeping with the contract's stipulation that the project incorporate Cuban materials and goods whenever possible. The Cuban furniture, more often than not taking traditional forms popular since the colonial period, also played into tourists desires to experience an "authentic" Cuba, albeit with the most modern amenities.

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