[Mary]

Oscar Freire is a famous comercial street in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, a city with 19 million people in its metro.

The street is a bit old, so there is a large redevelopment work taking place there.

Photos were taken by brazilian forumers Gutoo and RRC.

The place is full of life, with nice restaurants, cafes, and fancy shops side-by-side.

The new trees have not yet been planted.
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Mont Blanc
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Häagen Dazs
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Charming restaurant

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New sidewalks are coming

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Bang & Olufsen

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Versace and Carlos Miele
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Versace is expanding
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A block in wich the new redevelopment work has not reached yet.
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More
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An old lady resting
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Emporio Armani and Armani Cafe
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Bulgari
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Salvatore Ferragamo, Christian Dior and Louis Vuitton
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Tiffany's
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Nice
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Calvin Klein Underwear
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Cafe Havana
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Workers
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[Ex-Ithacan]

Cool to see some street life shots of Sao Paulo. We usually get the sea of scraper shots ( which I do like too), but a change of pace is nice. I don't think I could afford to wander that street for too long though - some wealthy rascals there. Thansk for the pics Mary.

[UncleRando]

Looks very nice....everything looks to be done on a very 'human scale'!!! Out of the set this one has to be my fav (interesting street trees):
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/gutooo/oscar%20freire/of053.jpg

[kirribilli_2007]

Loved the photos!!!

Exactly what part of the city is Rua Oscar Freire in ???

[rockyi]

I love street level pictures. These capture the life of Sao Paulo very nicely, thanks.

[PuyoPiyo]

Nice town. Good pictures!

[Paintballer1708]

Never seen this area of Sao Paulo before.

[Trantor]

nice thread Mary!!

[SLKRR]

Very nice. I may have to rethink my views on the general "ugliness" of São Paulo. :tup:

[SLKRR]

Loved the photos!!!

Exactly what part of the city is Rua Oscar Freire in ???

It is here:
http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=17&ll=-23.564656,-46.667186&spn=0.007326,0.010042&t=h

It crosses Av. Rebouças (this will help if you know the city, otherwise not).

[aljuarez]

Excellent! Looks like a narrower version of Mexico City's Masaryk Avenue! :yes: I love shopping but I hate malls :yuck: , this looks like a place I would totally love!
I'd like to see more photos of the Brazilian brands, which I understand are plentiful and awesome, rather than images of the ones that you could find in other countries.

[djmalone2003]

Reminds me quite a lot of the Apujeung district of Seoul. Oh globalization.
Nice street furniture and it's good to see what appears to be the widening and upgrading of sidewalks.