A skyscraper known as the "Tower of David" is seen in Caracas January 31, 2014. It boasts a helicopter landing pad, glorious views of the Avila mountain range, and large balconies for weekend barbecues. Yet a 45-storey skyscraper in the center of Venezuela's capital Caracas is no five-star hotel or swanky apartment block: it is a slum, probably the highest in the world. Dubbed the "Tower of David", the building was intended to be a shining new financial center but was abandoned around 1994 after the death of its developer - banker and horse-breeder David Brillembourg - and the collapse of the financial sector. Squatters invaded the huge concrete skeleton in 2007, then-president Hugo Chavez's socialist government turned a blind eye, and now about 3,000 people call the tower their home. (REUTERS/Jorge Silva)
A view of the lobby from the top of the "Tower of David" skyscraper in Caracas February 3, 2014.(REUTERS/Jorge Silva)
Children play in the lobby of the "Tower of David" skyscraper in Caracas January 29, 2014. (REUTERS/Jorge Silva)
A woman walks on a roof of the "Tower of David" skyscraper in Caracas February 3, 2014. (REUTERS/Jorge Silva)
Men rest after salvaging metal on the 30th floor of the "Tower of David" skyscraper in Caracas February 3, 2014. (REUTERS/Jorge Silva)
Venezuela's 'skyscraper slum'
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Gabriel Rivas, 30, lifts weights on a balcony on the 28th floor of the "Tower of David" skyscraper in Caracas, Venezuela on Feb. 9, 2014. The 45-story skyscraper in the center of Venezuela's capital is a slum, probably the highest in the world. Squatters invaded the huge concrete skeleton in 2007, and now about 3,000 people call the tower their home.
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Gabriel Rivas, 30, lifts weights on a balcony on the 28th floor of the 45-story "Tower of David" skyscraper in Caracas, Venezuela, on February 9, 2014. The half-completed building, abandoned in 1994, started attracting squatters in 2007, and is now home to more than 3,000. (Reuters/Jorge Silva)
Children ride bicycles on one of the top inhabited floors of the Tower of David on February 9, 2014. (Reuters/Jorge Silva) #
Teenagers chat in a window opening on the 10th floor on February 3, 2014. (Reuters/Jorge Silva) #
A man sits with his family in his apartment inside the Tower of David on February 3, 2014. (Reuters/Jorge Silva) #
Genesis opens a balcony door in an apartment inside the Tower of David on February 6, 2014. (Reuters/Jorge Silva) #
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Squatters in Venezuela's 45-Story 'Tower of David' - In Focus - The Atlantic
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