For generations, the 12,000 residents of Medellin's tough Comuna 13 neighborhood, which clings to the side of a steep hillside, have had to climb hundreds of large steps, authorities say, it is the same as going up a 28-story building. Now they can ride an escalator Medellin's mayor says, it is the first massive outdoor public escalator for use by residents of a poor area.
Luis Hernesto Holguin, front, second from right, accompanied by relatives, uses outdoor escalators, newly installed at Comuna 13 shantytown as part of an urbanization plan to improve living conditions of residents, in Medellin, Colombia, Dec. 26, 2011.
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