http://www.bizarrebrazil.com/2007/04/15/old-times-sao-paulo/ Odd news from the clueless southern giant Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:41:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.bizarrebrazil.com/2007/04/15/old-times-sao-paulo/#comment-17 Sao Paulo nowadays » Bizarre Brazil Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:58:39 +0000 http://www.bizarrebrazil.com/main/2007/04/15/old-times-sao-paulo/#comment-17 [...] Paulista Avenue used to be the financial center of Brazil. It’s not so anymore, as most business fled to another Sao Paulo’s regions and to Faria Lima avenue. Though Paulista avenue is still an important financial hub, its role now can be described more as a civic space where most of the city’s demonstrations take place (last month there was a small anti-Bush demonstration, for example). Also most of the city’s parties like the gay parade, labor’s day, new-year party, Saint Silvester Marathon take place in it. It’s served by a subway line and most of the good and affordable town’s hotels are in its neighborhoods. Click on the thumbs to a larger version. And here, the old times Sao Paulo. [...] [...] Paulista Avenue used to be the financial center of Brazil. It’s not so anymore, as most business fled to another Sao Paulo’s regions and to Faria Lima avenue. Though Paulista avenue is still an important financial hub, its role now can be described more as a civic space where most of the city’s demonstrations take place (last month there was a small anti-Bush demonstration, for example). Also most of the city’s parties like the gay parade, labor’s day, new-year party, Saint Silvester Marathon take place in it. It’s served by a subway line and most of the good and affordable town’s hotels are in its neighborhoods. Click on the thumbs to a larger version. And here, the old times Sao Paulo. [...]

]]> http://www.bizarrebrazil.com/2007/04/15/old-times-sao-paulo/#comment-16 tabula rasa Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:14:31 +0000 http://www.bizarrebrazil.com/main/2007/04/15/old-times-sao-paulo/#comment-16 [...] next door, Rico - also this blog’s landlord - posted some very cool pictures of Sao Paulo then and now. Curiously, he passed the chance to talk about how the “Clean City” billboard [...] [...] next door, Rico - also this blog’s landlord - posted some very cool pictures of Sao Paulo then and now. Curiously, he passed the chance to talk about how the “Clean City” billboard [...]

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