Though this complex was artfully designed, it was still a place of confinement, and
reminders of this fact are ever-present in the campus's decorative wrought iron
window bars and gates.  Still, residents here were surrounded by touches of nature:
the ubiquitous swallows darting to and from their nests in the buildings' eaves, tall
sycamores, exotic hibiscus and other flowering plants.
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Above: succulents grow between clay roof tiles

Above: distinctive tilework backs the places
where water fountains once stood
At right: decades-old hibiscus has braided
itself into a tree
 

At left: spindly poinsettias continue to bloom despite
drought-like conditions
Above: one of many styles of balconies found
throughout the complex