Welcome to the world's tallest slum: poverty-ridden Venezuela's Tower of
David. Squatters took over this very unfinished 45-story skyscraper in
the early 1990s, and they've been there ever since. The tower was
originally intended to be a symbol of Caracas' bright financial future,
complete with a rooftop helipad, but construction stopped because of a
banking crisis and the sudden death of the tower's namesake, David
Brillembourg.
Today, as the government is grappling with a
citywide housing shortage, the tower is a stark monument to what could
have been in the country's crime-plagued capital. The tower is dogged by
accusations of being a hotbed of crime, drugs and corruption. But to
residents, many of whom have spent their entire lives there, it's just
home.
Watch as Vocativ climbs the tower and gains the rare
in-depth access to residents' daily lives inside this unique and
sinister establishment.
Few cameras have been allowed into the depths of the tower. It is an experience not to be missed.
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