C.E. Bick Photography

A young girl looks out her classroom window, as other students wave in one of Cuba's rougher Havana neighborhoods in March 2013.

A man talks with construction workers in Havana, Cuba, in March 2013.

A man calls up to his friend from a street in Cuba in March 2013.

A woman stands beneath a crumbling apartment staircase in Havana, Cuba, in March 2013. She and other residents still use the staircase.

A woman waits to use a public telephone in Cuba in March 2013.

Sunlight breaks through the clouds over Havana, Cuba, in March 2013.

Dancers from Cuba's Danza Contemporanea de Cuba practice in their dance space in Havana, Cuba, in March 2013.

A little boy holds up his bag of goldfish he just bought at a stall in Cuba in March 2013.

A man tries to sell a coin to tourists in Havana, Cuba, in March 2013.