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Skyscraper provides shelter for Venezuela's poor
About 3,000 live in abandoned building in Caracas dubbed the 'Tower of David'
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Wed, Apr 2, 2014 · 10:00 PM
[CARACAS] It boasts a helicopter landing pad, glorious views of the Avila mountain range, and large balconies for weekend barbecues.
Yet this 45-storey skyscraper in the centre of Venezuela's capital Caracas is no five-star hotel or swanky apartment block: it is a slum, probably the tallest in the world.
Dubbed the "Tower of David", it was intended to be a shining new financial centre but was abandoned around 1994 after the death of its developer - financier and horse-breeder David Brillembourg - and a massive run on Venezuela's banking sector.
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