.....Gigantic outdoor escalator installed in one of Colombia's poorest areas ........

[Judi Lynn]

No longer slumming it! Gigantic outdoor escalator installed in one of Colombia's poorest areas reduces 35minute hike up hill to just 6mins for its 12,000 residents

Enormous 384-metre long escalator in Medellin is finally complete

It prevents residents from trudging up steps which are the equivalent of a 28-storey building
City was once home to Pablo Escobar - the most renowned criminal of all time

By Anthony Bond

PUBLISHED: 10:22 EST, 30 July 2013 | UPDATED: 10:22 EST, 30 July 2013

As one of the world's most dangerous cities, life in Medellin can be pretty tough.

But despite the bleak poverty and constant threat from criminal gangs, there is one ray of sunlight for the city's inhabitants.

Based in one of the poorest districts of Colombia's second largest city, the enormous 384 metre (1,260ft) long escalator has made the lives of its residents a whole lot easier.

Large photos:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2381389/No-longer-slumming-Gigantic-outdoor-escalator-installed-Colombias-poorest-areas-reduces-35minute-hike-hill-just-6mins-12-000-residents.html#ixzz2aXuxDiyE

[yesphan]

1. That's pretty cool, but a couple

of years from now the headline may read "Medellin, now the most corpulent city in Columbia".

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Here's a picture of 4 of the 6 sections of the escalator.