The Tower of David: Venezuela's Squatter Skyscraper
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- Not exactly what the Venezuelan government had in mind.
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As a Venezuelan living in Caracas, the closest thing you can see to the Tower of David is watching the movie "The Raid Redemption".. with the difference that the Tower of David was in even worse stage and obviously raw.
Idea for a Side Project: the failed effort to create farmland in Florida by draining the Everglades. Plus maybe you could work the Cross Florida Barge Canal in there somehow.
Won't it destroy natural habitat of many beings?
@@Snp2024 Back at the beginning of the 1900s not many people were concerned about the environment, they just saw it as a potential for making money. We still have a few of that sort around today.
@Tylermcnally87 Because we just, never write anything down. Historical accounts of things that no longer exist, that people wish still did? No such thing.
Paul Drake ....Florida is the dirty, smelly scrotum of America, I can't see how anyone would want to see anything to do with that dump...🤷🏻♂️ I'm just sayin....
1:10 - Chapter 1 - The tower of david
3:25 - Chapter 2 - Squatter's paradise
5:50 - Chapter 3 - Village ghetto land
Look at the Salt River Project and Central Arizona Project, they're basically a series of dams, reservoirs and canals that allow people to live in the Arizona desert
After watching this horrific video, I wouldn't believe anything he says. I know more about the CAP.
OMG Fellow desert people (buckeye)
I saw a documentary about this and I admire the people who ended up there. People have to live somewhere and these folks took something that was abandoned and they built a decent community and turned it into a home.
i watched that too. great.
I see those open stairways and sheer drops and think a lot of those families probably had little kids. You know there have to have been a lot of accidents. Makes me cringe.
@@tncorgi92 some of the higher floors would have been pretty scary but they really had built a pretty decent community there. It was probably safer there than many other neighborhoods because they wouldn't want the authorities there.
@@bethroesch2156 It doesn't take much height for a kid to fall from to get seriously hurt. While the "idea" is glorified probably some of the accidents that happened there (if made public) would probably put a damper on the romanticism.
@@Ean.oo7 nothing romantic about survival. I'm sure they did have accidents but I bet if anyone had tracked the numbers, more kids probably got hurt outside of that place than got hurt inside. I'm not romanticizing anything but people with not a lot of options and even less money, managed to make a safer, more stable lives for their family than they'd had before and it's nice to be reminded that good things can happen when people decide to work together for a common good.
3:50 "Cubans however are adaptable "
Why are the cubans being dragged into this?
That seems to have gone fairly unnoticed
It’s all the same to guy reading the script!
I thought he said humans, not Cubans.
"Humans"
The transcript says humans.
That is not what I heard either, but you know that happens frequently with poor Simon.
Look into the failed subway in Cincinnati Ohio U.S. It'd probably be a short video but definitely fun to learn about.
Cincinnati is also famous for ten cent beer night. I think Simon did a video about it on one of his many, many channels.
Detroit People Mover is a more failed mass transit. Public Rail transport is pretty poor in the US
Michael Foye ten cent beer night was in Cleveland. The Indians vs the Texas Rangers back in 1974.
@@cl7510 So it was. I guess Cincinnati is only famous for its TV radio station WKRP.
@@michaelfoye1135 The province of Ontario wants to make beer a dollar... cause that will stop drunk driving smh....
Hmm it's straddles the line between sideproject and megaproject but it'd be cool to see a video about the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) established in 1933 to help pull 7 states out of the Great Depression. TVA did many things but what it is known for are its hydroelectric dams (29 in total) and other powerplants which include: coal, nuclear, natural gas, wind, and solar.
It is definitely a megaproject.
I would argue that forcing spending on things that people didn't want before the depression couldn't have helped get us out of the depression, but at least we got something out of it. Modern "economic stimulus" usually involves paying individuals to NOT work, or rewarding large corporations for failing.
The Montreal Olympic Stadium would be a good project to look into. From the retractable roof which worked a few times in its first few years, to rumours of corruption amongst the builders and the inspectors. Large to very large chunks of the stadium have fallen several times, missing rebar in the concrete? Astronomical cost to build it. etc.
Okay, now do the Kowloon Walled City.
Actually, I think there's a Geographics on that.
dcviper985 There is. It was a good episode.
It's no more
"CUBANS however are adaptable, and they made this tower into......" Simon really is descending into madness in 2020. That or the Tower of David is a Cuban exclave in Venezuela.
I heard that as well but he actually said human. Sounds really familiar.
@@Peizxcv - You da real VIP.
I heard "Cubans" as well at first, but I backed it up and I'm pretty sure he said "humans"
3:50 He absolutely said 'Cubans' but if you click the CC button it will come up as "humans".
I heard Cubans
And I thought I'd never see another Kowloon City... I love these little hives of humanity.
1:28 Douglas from IT Crowd was a real businessman?!?
Do you think you could do a video on the Nevada-Class Battleships as both ships had interesting careers. One of which USS Nevada tried to escape Pearl Harbor, fought at D-Day , Iwo Jima, and Okinawa, and survived 2 atomic bombs. I would say that's a mega ship. Awesome video. Hope more videos are coming.
3:50 Simon clearly says "Cubans". Took me a few times to realize he meant to say was "humans".
I thought I heard that as well.
It was mostly Cubans thought
I totally hear "Cubans", I'm not convinced he didn't forget what country he was talking about... He is our Boy with the Blaze after all!
Media Box all that Cocaine has rotted his brain.
The whole video is a shitshow of misinformation. Operation Mockingbird folks must have written the script for him.
Before the invention of the elevator, the value of apartments was inversely proportional to the number of steps that you had to climb, so ground floor apartments were worth the most.
After the invention of the elevator, the value of apartments inverted. In buildings with elevators, whether original or retro-fitted, those apartments at the top, with the best views and furthest from the noise of the streets became the highest valued.
Is there a degree in "random knowledge"? I should have a master's by now. Keep up the good work Professor Whistler you Legend!!
He/they totally blew it for this video. 4th grade level research. Makes me doubt the rest of their shit.
i remember watching a video about this involving plenty of people living in the building that weren't gang members but people looking for a place to live while they work and or went to school. A very touching video to be honest.
US Military's Logistics Over The Shore systems. They've got bridges and tankers and transport ships and floating platforms and all kinds of other stuff. Want a port and a few months worth of supplies in a place where there is no port? They can make that happen!
5:21 It's "better organized" because it wasn't under socialist control. I know this seems like a counter-intuitive thing to say, but people could live there or not. If they wanted to live there, it would cost (property taxes). If they had a problem, they had a forum for voicing their opinions. And so on. So, they "stumbled" upon an environment that had free speech, "property rights", and free economics, not socialism. You'd think that Venezuela would learn, but...
Could you do a video on the Sear’s tower in Chicago. (No one here actually calls it Willis Tower, in fact we all hate the name change.)
Former Chicagoan here. I STILL refuse to use the W-word.
Agreed. Whenever I'm at or near union station visitors always ask me about that tower (where is it, directions, etc). Not sure how one would have trouble finding it from union station as it's literally RIGHT ACROSS THE RIVER! But regardless of what the tourists call it, I always call it the sears tower. That's how it got built and lasted as long as it did. And also because despite the disruption of changing it's name, nobody ever informed the masses as to who the hell this "willis" is. What I would give to have a clip of Gary coleman demanding "who's this willis you talking bout"?
Mr Whistler....literally my number 1 source of information on the internet.
You are always brilliant! Thank you for the lesson.
Very interesting video, I never knew such places existed but I found it interesting indeed! Well done indeed again!
SIMON!!!!! DO A VIDEO ON THE ANTARCTIC SNOW CRUISER
dude your supposed to say "first one lol"
Timmy Vern * you’re
Timmy Vern lol
@@timmyvern2229 lol
I prefer videon on the USSR's Charchovchanka arctic snow tractor which actually worked.
Saw it being build in the early 90’s I use to travel back and forth every weekend near the building, the main highway the Francisco Fajardo is not too far from it.
Can you do one on the hospitals they made in china in response to covid?
They built multiple multilevel hospitals in a few days and it's actually quite impressive.
Spencer Holzheimer That would be interesting. Although one of my colleagues who is from/worked as a doctor in China said they were pretty grim. Like just tons of people shoved together in a huge one hundred bed rooms, right next to each other. They said a lot of people weren’t coming forward with symptoms because you’d get slammed in there, positive test/disease severity notwithstanding. If you didn’t have COVID when you were admitted, you’d definitely get it while admitted. Considering there’s probably a lot of latent TB and you get an immune drop with COVID it doesn’t sound the best. Plus apparently it was absolutely freezing. But still, it’s an incredible achievement.
Love the "conveniently located 12 floor parking garage" comment.
It is always amazing to me how a small randomly built community can thrive living within any given circumstance.
Only because they were filthy squatters that paid no rent, should have demolished it with them in it and solved two problems.
People in small communities always figure out a more efficient cost-effective healthy way of doing things than government officials far far away with their heads firmly up their ass
@@anarchyantz1564 in a socialist country, with no opportunity to build their homes, with oppressive government that stops almost all industriosness. Squatters might be despicable in free societies, but not in this case
@@Mbeluba You guys really need to learn some fucking history. Forget corporate propaganda media sources.
Try watching The Grayzone. Actual investigative reporters.
@@anarchyantz1564 You are obviously a very, very small ant sized person. Stepping on you could solve a lot of problems.
This story brings to mind the novel "Damnificados" by JJ Amaworo Wilson. It's set in a skyscraper occupied by squatters in Caracas.
Ok, so cubans are adaptable, but what does that have to do with the residents of a building in venezuela?
Thank you! 3:48
He said humans
@@longlivegarybusey6409 I heard cubans as well, but I figured as much.
That was a very optimistic read of the tower of David's history...
Maybe do one on hashimi Island of Japan. Incredible coal mining deep in an island. Site of a Bond movie plot. Tragic history. Densest living when it was in operation...
3:45 Desi Arnez was appearing in everything The Love Boat David Letterman then the Tower David!
If the tower had been completed as a Bank building would it still have suffered the earthquake damage? And why wasn't the building built to higher earthquake standards?
Cambodia's top architect Vann Molyvann (surname first) designed many splendid structures, a lot of them weakened or razed once prolonged strife began there c.1970. 'Bassac River' (Front du Bassac) housing complex had superb open layout for air flow etc. It too became battered; in 1990s I visited both classy and trashy units within it. Vann was derided by later gov't rep.s but revered by his 2008 death. He should be widely known.
This tower may be a sample of future urban living. Residential skyscrapers might become equivalent to a neighborhood or a block today
Not gonna lie I thought it was CG in Homeland.
ya know I should be doing school but... its a new vid I can spare some time.
#ProfessorWhistler 🎓
Well, if you watch all of Simons’ channels, I’m not sure you’re gonna have much time left over😉.
@@DerptyDerptyDUM - Preach 😏💯
SCHOOL!
Think of all the brainwashing you have missed
wow the first scene is the Paulista avenue, in São Paulo, Brazil.... my place =]
That tower reminds me of Kowloon Walled City.
Is there any channels left on TH-cam that Simon isn’t on?
great episode !
The Tower is not in "downtown Caracas" but in the east side of it, Downtown is a good 12 km away of it.
The Occupation of the tower was coordinated by a prominent Chavista (he later denied it), it was made out of spite (against residents in the area) and chavista hallmark improvisation. Most ppl that occupy a building do so knowing that after they are there; the government could assign them some sort of temporal but formal accommodation or a social interest home elsewhere. They did that eventually
Cua is a good 70 Km (a 1 or 2 hours away in car and there is no functional/formal public transportation in and out of there) away in other state, the new neighbor were not thrilled and even protested the arrival of the Tower ppl to their community.
There were in fact business and such inside the tower, also a prison a local authority that did not formed part of the government BUT acted with their blessing. The heads of this authority were Pranes (crime bosses, excons or paroled convicted criminals) they share control with regular ppl that negotiated with them an agreement of nominal peace... something like live and let live. Today this model is implemented nationwide now it called "Zonas de Paz" or peace zones; areas where law enforcement cannot enter and day to day law and order in managed by local crime lords.
Really good episode!
Things are BAD in Venezuela at the moment...and that's saying something, because thousands left the country...and that's saying something, because many came here to Peru. ANd we are not in the best place (to say the least) at the moment.
Brought to mind Kowloon Walled City. Cool video, didn't know about this place.
This reminds me of the Kowloon Walled City in China, you should do a video on that if you haven't done so already. I would be surprised if you haven't already covered it in a previous video.
The abandoned Kempton Park Hospital would make for a really interesting video.
So inspiring--/ And validating what people can do when opportunity and need cross paths
Would this be a place to do a video on the U.S. Interstate System?
Another Like button smashed!
What about that big circular lift in Scotland, the one for barges on the canal.
@3:51, did he just say "Cubans are, however, adaptable"?
When does Simon sleep? I'm subbed to just about all his channels and I can't keep up with the viewing, so how does the man himself keep up?
Thinking that myself. Maybe this in itself would make a great topic.
the Lower Manhattan Expressway (Lomex) project please
Can we see a vid on german bucket-wheel excavators like the mighty Bagger 288 please?
Things I didn't know. Most People are good and want to help each other, but some are bad and don't want to 'roll the rock'.
Schweizer SGS 2-33 Glider. The training glider used by the Royal Canadian Air Cadets.
Perhaps this could be a side project to showcase??
Liked the video and would like to commend you on keeping it apolitical, cheers.
3:50 you say “cubans” when you were referring to Venezuelans
The whole video is pathetic and is mostly American MIC propaganda.
@@AZOffRoadster i have a question. where are you from?. have you ever lived in any country with a megalomaniac in charge?
btw. i heard "humans"
@@AZOffRoadster im still waiting. have you ever lived in a country with one of these guys in charge?
Humans*
they had people who made a living from carrying groceries to the top floors
Wow the organization of these squatters is actually quite amazing
Man, how that tower turned out sounds like it bodes decently well in the event of a much larger catastrophe.
Great video. Thanks :)
Simon, thanks for another good/informative/entertaining video. Congrats on the new channel.
Please note that many of the (currently 125) comments clearly come from Business Blaze viewers. Enjoy developing your new channel and maintaining your others, but PLEASE don't let BB become the (allegedly) forgotten stepchild of your lineup. We've been feeling a bit neglected lately.
Side project idea: Ciudad Real International Airport, the airport that that was abandoned for 7 years
The Sathorn Unique building in Bangkok would make a great video Simon. Also known as the Ghost Tower.
Does "self-inflicted" mean wrecked by us foreign policy?
Bullshite
The government should have complete the building as apartment tower
Simon's set kinda reminds me of the loft in iCarly.
I've been copy & pasting the below message for ages on your other channel, Geographics. This is a fascinating place with so much history and so many stories to tell, not least our own wedding there in 2005! I don't want to have to be spamming TWO of your channels now! Allegendly! OG Blaze reference there!
Simon, please could you possibly do a video of the Rosslyn Chapel?
This place is so worthy of a video! Building commenced in 1456 and took many years to complete, despite it's relatively small size. The main reason was the sheer volume of intricate carvings within. Virtually every square inch has been carved with symbols both Christian as well as Pagan, depictions from the bible and even a type of corn from America that pre-dates Columbus' supposed discovery.
Two aspects that must be mentioned when discussing Rosslyn are that the Holy Grail is alleged by some to be hidden there, as portrayed in the Dan Brown novel The Da Vinci Code with Tom Hanks playing the lead role in the film.
The other aspect is The Apprentice Pillar. The Master Mason carved his pillar (on the left as you look down the aisle) and apparently had to go away on some other business only to discover on his return the Apprentice mason had done his own 'freestyle' work on a pillar to the right. The apprentice's pillar was such a thing of beauty the Master mason killed the apprentice out of jealousy!
This is such an amazing place with so much history and so many stories I honestly think Geographics should do a video on it.
When I read the title, I thought, "Oh, a short skyscraper..." ("squat" meaning "short")
Suggestion: Watts Towers
This place reminds me of the video you did on the Hong Kong walled city...only on a much smaller scale.
Hi Simon! Do the Romanian Parlament in Bucharest. It is the 2nd largest building in the world. :)
Probably had the best Strata council or HOA on the planet.
Suggestion: the Grand Coulee Dam.
The situtation in Venezela is by no means, self inflicted.
I want a skyscraper no wall park. Earth on every level. Dirtjump/skatepark stuff through various levels. Fenced though. Slides.
MALL OF AMERICA IN minnesota
Simon praising a brief program of anarcho-communism while throwing shade at state-communism. Niice.
People blame 'socialism' for the failure of Venezuela, but in reality it was simple mismanagement by the government, which can obviously happen under any system. The poorest African nations have no socialism or communism, they're exclusively anarcho-capitalistic. No single socioeconomic plan can solve all of society's problems.
It also appears in fast and furious
Simon, how about the mall of America for a side project ?
Didn't touch on the worst problem with living in a tower: lack of sewage plumbing. What did these particular Venaszuelans (not Cubans) do for that?
Just have to say....when I found out that the tower was named after just some guy named David, I was deeply disappointed that The Tower of David wasn't named after THE David, y'know the guy who threw a rock at a crazy tall guy that one time.
They could always try to turn it into apartments. It would help with the housing crisis.
4:48 Walls!! In an apartment!! 😲
Good one! Like the new channel too!
What is with the lighting in the video?
I saw something like this in Thailand along time ago. I assume during the south east economic crash back in the 90s? 🤔
The building similar to this one never was finished and became a slum high scrapper.
Thank you
Strange choice to have a Stevie Wonder theme with the chapter titles
0:44 - "The most expensive apartments tend to be at the bottom of the building"
Really? Where?
I always thought that the most expensive apartments tend to be at the top of the building... I mean, when they are not duplexes and triplexes, which are obviously more expensive.
Perhaps if you don't have elevators, but other than that, why? Higher apartments gets less street level noise, polution, less bugs and the dreaded heat island effect during summer, and generally have better views.
Also they kicked people out because someone kidnapped a diplomat and took him there
03:49 ..."Cubans? Forget it he's rolling".
A side project about Danny's, life from business blaze. He has had so many that is life is itself a side project.
Thanks🎃
Please talk about police brutality and bad governance in nigeria
No sooner were tower buildings common than the poor were forced to live at the tops of them. Then elevators were invented and the poor got demoted to a view of the cellar.