#EvictionsWatch
AECOM Wins Olympic Design Bid: The Plan in Pictures
August 30, 2011–Vila Autódromo remains in all phases of the project, see top left corner of the “Olympic Site Triangle:” 2016 2018 2030
Month: August 2011
#GentrificationWatch
Babilônia and the Threat of Gentrification
Clique aqui para Português August 22, 2011—As I climbed Morro da Babilônia, up the Leme hillside overlooking Copacabana, I was taken aback by this community’s sheer beauty. Unlike many of the favelas here in Rio, […]
Policies
The Igreja da Penha and the North Zone
Visitors arriving in Rio de Janeiro are greeted not by Copacabana or Christ the Redeemer, as the postcards suggest, but by a white church perched atop a domed hill. It is the first landmark visible […]
#Rio2016
Asa Branca Braces for the Olympics
Clique aqui para Português August 10, 2011–Debates on urban policy tend either to be basically theoretical–who wins, who loses, and why–or else technical: this regulation, that subsidy; this legal process, that funding source. But Carlos […]
Policies
It’s a Privileged View: Cantagalo Hostel Welcomes Tourists
“É uma vista privilegiada,” – it’s a priviledged view – explains Cremilson Rosa de Oliveira as he sits atop his hostel in construction in the heart of Cantagalo, Rio’s 3rd oldest favela. The striking views […]