The spaceship-like building was
originally planned as a drive-through mall. Instead of walking, shoppers would
have been able to drive right into the complex and park in front of the shops
they wanted to visit. (Though, the shops wouldn't have drive-through windows.) Construction
on the mall started in 1956, but the project was abandoned a few years later
because of funding woes. Over the next few decades, the building transformed
into a prison and, according to several former inmates, a torture chamber for
political prisoners. A new book by historians Celeste Olalquiaga and Lisa
Blackmore, “Downward Spiral: El Helicoide’s Descent from Mall to Prison,” aims
to bring its mysterious history to light. More…
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