Clique aqui para Português This is the second article in a six-part series on the application of Meléndez’s Pyramid for Favela Upgrading to the city of Rio de Janeiro and its favelas. This pyramidal concept was […]
Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on the Covid-19 and its impact on the favelas and part of our series covering 2020’s Black July. As part of 2020’s 5th Annual Black July, a group of women […]
Clique aqui para Português The Trapicheiros community, a small favela of 52 families located near the larger Morro do Salgueiro favela in Tijuca, in the North Zone of Rio, was almost the victim of a […]
Clique aqui para Português In celebration of the 50th anniversary of New Communities Inc., the world’s first Community Land Trust, and as planners and community members alike gather to celebrate October 2-5 at the Reclaiming Vacant Properties […]
Clique Aqui para Português On August 10, residents of the small and intimate Trapicheiros favela in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone organized a traditional winter festival “June party” (though this one was organized in August)—to […]