Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- At the Iron Market, Haitians shopped for everything from vegetables to Voodoo flags. One side was destroyed in a 2008 fire. The January 12 earthquake leveled the rest. By year's end, workers hope to restore the Port-au-Prince landmark to its original splendor. Destined for Egypt in 1889, the market's French-built minarets became Haiti's when the sale to a Cairo train station fell through and President Florvil Hyppolite bought the massive cast iron structures as part of his plan to modernize the city. It is the post-earthquake project that most excites Michael Gay, a Port-au-Prince engineer and co-owner of Haiti's largest supplier of concrete.
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Reconstruction phase of Haiti's recovery begins this summer
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Haitians hope to employ better building practices
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Hundreds of engineers are being trained
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Aid groups have already started building transitional home
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