Parque Ibirapuera

This massive pavilion snakes through the park providing shade and shelter from rain.

Entrance to Auditório Ibirapuera by Oscar Niemeyer

Shows & concerts in a dramatic white & red auditorium by famed modern architect Oscar Niemeyer.

Oca Museum

part of the set of facilities, designed by the team led by architect Oscar Niemeyer, which was built in Ibirapuera Park with the perspective of remain as a permanent legacy of the festivities organized there on the occasion of the celebrations of the Fourth Centenary of the City of São Paulo.

Pavilion of Ibirapuera Park

The massive snaking pavilion has these small buildings built into it with excellent high-end graffitti style art.

Ibirapuera Park includes green spaces

The green spaces were declared heritage-listed status to prevent further building.

Lago das Garças

Lake of the Herons is an artificial lake, built in the early twentieth century for the purpose of strengthening the water supply of the city of São Paulo, Brazil.

São Paulo across Lake of the Herons

One of the most striking characteristics of the city is the sprawling massiveness of it.

Lake of the Herons

I didn't see any herons, but there are many birds using the lake.

Instituto Biológico de São Paulo

A view of the research institute that studies coffee and other crops that drive the agricultural work of Brasil.

Density and Scale

The city is enormous. There seems no end to all these buildings.

Obelisco e Monumento Mausoléu ao Soldado Constitucionalista de 32

Symbol of the Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932,the obelisk is the largest monument in the city with a total of 72 meters high. The Mausoleum of the Obelisk houses the bodies of students Martins, Miragaia, Dráusio and Camargo (the M.M.D.C.) - killed during the Revolution of the year 1932 - and another 713 former combatants.

Vista de São Paulo

Looking across you can see the vast expanse of buildings and density.

Vista de Parque Ibirapuera

Vista de Parque Ibirapuera

Looking out across Ibirapuera Park with the buildings designed by Oscar Niemeyer

São Paulo

This vista gives one some idea of the massive nature of this mega-city. Tall bulidings as far as you can see. Many of them architecturally interesting.

Stairs of Jardim das Bandeiras

Jardim das Bandeiras is a residential neighborhood of the West Zone of the city of São Paulo,belonging to the pinheirosdistrict, situated between the Vila Madalena district and Heitor Penteado Street; it is in it that is situated the Praça Horace Sabino.

Jardim das Bandeiras Street Art

Jardim das Bandeiras Street Art

Beco do Batman Street Art

Everyday Living

Everyday living in the midst of street art.

Beco do Batman

Beco do Batman is an area located in Vila Madalena, a bohemian neighborhood in the western part of the city of São Paulo. The area was named after a graffiti from dc comics' eponymous character many years ago, and eventually became a tourist point due to dozens of graffiti painted on its walls.