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6 days agoThe Cuban House of Spirits
José Parlá and Claudia Hilda live in a renovated Fort Greene firehouse blending Cuban memory, art, religion, and creative workspaces.
The artists José Parlá and Claudia Hilda, his wife, live in a former fire station in Fort Greene surrounded by memories of Cuba, which Parlá's ­family fled in 1970 and where ­Hilda lived until recently. "There's a lot of magical realism here, a big mix of Cuban traditions and religion," says Parlá, pointing to an icon of la Caridad del Cobre, the island's patron saint, in the kitchen. "We cannot move her!"