Post #784575 by LaHabana57 on Fri, Mar 2, 2018 9:25 AM

Wow, great post! So sad I didn't know about the Sierra Maestra Panoramic room. What a treat that would have been.

I still daydream of Havana all the time and wish we could make another trip out there and explore the countryside. On a different Cuba thread I posted a bunch of Polinesio pics that I feel should be shared here as well. Here's an excerpt from my trip log...

Thanks Mike and Hamo. It's great to see so much info and detail shots of the Polinesio.

I'll add a bit more to bigbrotiki's post and the 21 Club seen in "I Am Cuba."...

This is the Twenty One Club's listing in the 1958 Havana telephone directory.

The entrance for the 21 Club was directly across from the arched entrance to the Hotel Capri.
On the far right, we can see the "S-a-l" of the Salon Rojo, the former Casino de Capri,
in which the actor George Raft had a stake before the revolution.

George Raft is seen here in 1958 acting as a greeter at the Casino de Capri's door.

I'm very familiar with this corner, as my friend Bill Rush and I took this Chaika M14 limo to Habana Vieja,
my first ride in one the cars left behind when the Russians left Cuba. Same price as a regular taxi, 10CUC,
and something everyone should do at least once.

Before piling into the Chaika, we had a couple of cervezas at the new club, Havana's 21, at left under the
blue awnings. I've marked the entrance to the 21 Club where the scenes from "I Am Cuba" were shot.

The Mid Century Modern apartment building "21 y N" was designed by the firm of Lanz-Del Pozo.
http://www.arquitecturacuba.com/2008/12/vicente-lanz-y-margot-del-pozo-ii.html

While having those cervezas, this 1957 Imperial stopped in front of the Salon Rojo to drop off passengers,
and I raced out of Havana's 21 to get this cool shot of it. Close your eyes, and imagine George Raft
standing in the doorway, welcoming gamblers into his chic casino...

Tom Gibson

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