Balconies. Nice, and not so much.

I think almost everyone has a balcony in Havana. Hotels, businesses and apartments. The heat and humidity is year 'round, and while most places seem to have air conditioners, they don't do a lot of good when the power is out. Besides, the dwellers also dry their laundry, grow plants and herbs and do their socializing from the balconies as well as just the the occasional breeze blow through the house.