Came across this amazing site called São Paulo Antiga and I do see I am not the only one who loves historical buildings and houses from another eras... This site is almost heartbreaking for me, because it does list a ton of beautiful houses and buildings that have been demolished or left in a state of such disrepair that demolition is sometimes the only solution.
It is very well-known that Brazil has almost no preoccupation of keeping its history and memory...
Every time I go to São Paulo (and my last visit was this February), just made me see what is vanishing - so many demolitions, so many empty spaces... The old is always giving place to new and huge buildings... Will this ever end? Sigh... This website gave me a new idea (shame I did not think of that when I was down there, but there is always next time!): bring my camera along and shoot all old buildings and houses I can still find!
But anyway parabens (congrats) to the São Paulo Antiga website.
They have so many interesting posts in there, I will have to set aside some time and read them all...
But for now I will post just one article here on my humble blog , an article of a place I really know...
This is an article about what is left of a very old "friend" of mine... The only remaining modernist house on the corner of Alameda Lorena and Rua Ministro Rocha Azevedo.
I remember growing up looking at this house and loving it for its Art Deco facade...
This how they looked in the first half of the 20th Century:
Now I know more about the history of this house and the other ones that are lost...
See the article here.
Wish I had the vision and time to shoot some of the old buildings/houses I saw this time in São Paulo...
Well, but there is always next time!
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