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Av. Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil

Photo by Carlos A. Mascaro

THE BRIDGE AND THE SKY

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Photos By Carlos A. Mascaro

Ponte Estaiada Octávio Frias de Oliveira, in São Paulo. (14/Aug/2008)

A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge that consists of one or more columns (normally referred to as towers or pylons), with cables supporting the bridge deck. There are two major classes of cable-stayed bridges: In a harp design, the cables are made nearly parallel by attaching cables to various points on the tower(s) so that the height of attachment of each cable on the tower is similar to the distance from the tower along the roadway to its lower attachment. In a fan design, the cables all connect to or pass over the top of the tower(s). Cable-stayed bridges can be dated back to the 1784 design of a timber bridge by German carpenter C.T. Loescher. Many early suspension bridges were of hybrid suspension and cable-stayed construction, including the 1817 footbridge at Dryburgh Abbey, and the later Albert Bridge (1872) and Brooklyn Bridge (1883). (Wikipedia)



Who was Octavio Frias de Oliveira (August 5, 1912–29 April 2007). He was a Brazilian executive who built Grupo Folha, one of Brazil's largest media empires. Frias founded Grupo Folha in 1962 with his business partner Carlos Caldeira Filho. They own or control newspapers Folha de São Paulo (Newspaper), Agora, and Valor Econômico, publisher Publifolha, distributor Transfolha, and Brazil’s biggest online portal, Universo Online (Internet).

OLD BUILDINGS IN SÃO PAULO

Those photos were taken in São Paulo by Carlos A. Mascaro.

If you like to see others photos of old buildings in São Paulo, please go to another page: "São Paulo, the Old Center"

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SÃO PAULO SKY

Welcome to the 'New' home of Sky Watch Friday.

Photos taken by Carlos A. Mascaro in São Paulo

SÃO PAULO, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

January 25, São Paulo's Birthday!
Happy 454 years!

Photos of the "Pátio do Colégio" (The School Yard) by Carlos A. Mascaro

I was born and raised in the city of São Paulo. São Paulo is the capital of the State of São Paulo in south eastern Brazil. This post is a homage to the Birthday of São Paulo.

PÁTIO DO COLÉGIO. (The School Yard). "The Pátio do Colégio marks the place where the city of São Paulo was founded. It is the nucleus from which the town grew. São Paulo was founded in 1554 by Portuguese Jesuits who intended to convert the Indians to Christianity and to teach them their language. Three priests celebrated their first mass on Saint Paul’s Day on January 25, 1554; hence it became the name of the city. Pátio do Colégio is now a center for cultural activity. Initially a Jesuit school was built in this spot. Besides the school itself and a church, the Anchieta Museum is also housed here, displaying original sculptures by the Guarani native inhabitants, and a model reproduction of São Paulo in the 16th century."

I made many posts about São Paulo. You can see my city HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.

SÃO PAULO - VIEW TO SÃO PAULO

Those photos were taken by my husband from the terrace of his mother's former apartment. You can see Pinheiros (a district in São Paulo), the skyscrapers at Faria Lima Avenue and the Club Pinheiros just in front of my mother in law apartment.

Photos by Carlos A. Mascaro

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SÃO PAULO IS MY COUNTRY

Today's Photo Friday theme is "The Country"

São Paulo is my city, is my country.

Copan Building (Edifício Copan) is on its own an important tourist attraction and one of the city's most famous postcards. Designed by Oscar Niemeyer, it is the city's largest armed concrete structure. It has 6 blocks with 1160 apartments and a mini-mall at the ground floor. About five thousand people living in this building.

Former Light Building



Tea Viaduct and Municipal Theatre. (Viaduto do Chá e Teatro Municipal) The first viaduct built in São Paulo, it was named Tea Viaduct because it was near a large tea crop. Built with metal structure brought from Germany, a great party was held in its opening, in 1892. It links Rua Direita (old downtown) with Rua do Chá, now Rua Barão de Itapetininga (new downtown).

Anhangabaú Valley (Vale do Anhangabaú) is between downtown's two main viaducts: Viaduto do Chá and Viaduto Santa Efigênia.

Municipal Theatre (Teatro Municipal) The theater was built in 1903, when the coffee boom was at its peak and São Paulo at its most confident and inaugurated in 1911.



City Hall (Prefeitura Municipal)



Panoramic view from the top of Italia Building



View from the top of Banespa Bank Building



General Carneiro Street



Ipiranga Avenue



Republic Square

Garden of Luz Railway Station (Jardim da Luz)

Square of Sé (Praça da Sé) The city's Marco Zero ("zero milestone") is located at Praça da Sé, indicating the directions of the states that share boundaries with São Paulo and from where the distance of any point in the state starts being counted. Catedral Metropolitana da Sé (Sé Metropolitan Cathedral) is located there. The square has a gothic style, started being built in 1913 and it was completed only four decades later.

Sé Metropolitan Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana da Sé)



The Pátio do Colégio marks the place where the city of São Paulo was founded.



Barão de Itapetininga Street



São Luis Avenue

Conjunto Nacional Building at Paulista Avenue

Conjunto Nacional Building view from Alameda Santos

Augusta Street



Paulista Avenue Brazil’s best-known business area.



Paulista Avenue with Augusta Street

Near the Barra Funda Terminal at São Paulo's West Side

View to buildings behind to the Clube Pinheiros, at South Side of the city.

Faria Lima Avenue is home to many of the headquarters of foreign investment banks.

Dacon Building at Faria Lima Avenue

Cidade Jardim Avenue and Faria Lima Avenue. Photo taken from the top of Dacon's Building.

Photos taken by Carlos Mascaro

You can see another photos of São Paulo here and here.