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Barber street or district, Cuba

Callejón de los Peluqueros, Havana

The Hairdressers' Alley of Old Havana, a restored stretch of Calle Aguiar built around a barber's school and shops.

The Callejón de los Peluqueros, the Hairdressers' Alley, is a short stretch of Calle Aguiar in Old Havana, where it meets Peña Pobre. From 2010 it was restored by the barber Gilberto 'Papito' Valladares and his project Artecorte, with the city historian's office, into a pedestrian street of barbershops, a training school for young hairdressers and small cafés and restaurants.

The alley

The alley is decorated with barbering history: old chairs, combs, razors and a sculpture made of hundreds of donated pairs of scissors. Papito trains young people from the neighbourhood free of charge, and the school has become a model of community business in Havana. The alley draws visitors, and its businesses help pay for local projects.

Cuban barbering

Cuban barbers are known for sharp, clean men's cuts, classic tapers and flat tops, as well as fades and designs cut into the hair, which were popular with young Cubans long before they spread elsewhere. For decades barbershops were state-run, and from 2010 barbers and hairdressers were among the first workers allowed to rent their shops and work for themselves, which brought new life to the trade.

Hairstyles of Callejón de los Peluqueros, Havana

Regular haircutThe classic short cut of Cuban barbersFlattopA Cuban barbershop favouritePompadourThe swept-up style of mid-century Havana

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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