How did the Cuban Revolution change the use of affluent suburban homes and private country clubs in Havana?

Following the 1959 revolution, the Cuban government significantly altered the use of affluent suburban properties in Havana to align with its social and political objectives. Many exclusive suburban homes were expropriated by the state and repurposed to serve public functions, including as schools, hospitals, and government offices.1

Similarly, the city's private country clubs underwent a transformation, with several being converted into public recreational centers. In a notable example of this shift, the grounds of Havana's most exclusive country club in Cubanacán were selected in 1961 as the site for the National Schools of Art, a project conceived by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara to provide arts education for the Cuban people. These changes reflected the broader post-revolutionary effort to redistribute resources and reduce the social and economic disparities that had characterized the city's pre-1959 landscape.123