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Haiti’s Landmark Oloffson Hotel is Destroyed in an Apparent Arson Fire

Haiti’s famed Oloffson Hotel, a cultural landmark and celebrity haven, was incinerated amid rising violence by gangs that control most of the country’s capital.

© Christopher Miller for The New York Times

The Oloffson Hotel, an example of gingerbread house architecture, was constructed in the late 19th century as a private home and played a key role in Graham Greene’s novel “The Comedians.”
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