Clique aqui para Português This is the third article in a four-part series on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design. “First of all, this plaza is different because this plaza is our plaza,” declares André Constantine, a powerful […]
Clique aqui para Português Last weekend students from two universities joined residents of Vila Autódromo to revitalize the community park, or Parquinho. Participants tied colored ribbons around trees, painted the jungle gym, seesaw and swing-set, and […]
Clique aqui para Português Julio Otoni is a favela nestled between the neighborhoods of Laranjeiras and Santa Teresa in the South Zone of Rio. The entire community is located at a single street address: 298 Doutor Julio […]
Clique aqui para Português As Cascadura, a neighborhood in Rio’s North Zone, faces mobility and economic challenges due to recent changes to transportation routes, communities in the neighborhood are also confronting hardships in recreation, education, […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese, published in Voz das Comunidades, click here. Three generations playing in garbage have asked for a playground. Since 1979 when Julia Borges (a cashier and manicurist in […]