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Old Posted Jul 28, 2019, 1:13 PM
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Arriving

Leaving São Paulo-Congonhas Airport (CGH):
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IMG_8058 by Yuri Andrade, no Flickr

Londrina is located 500 km west from São Paulo, so it's a very short trip (50 min). Ibiporã (Londrina metro area) and Londrina on the background:
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IMG_8063 by Yuri Andrade, no Flickr

Londrina as seen from north:
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IMG_8068 by Yuri Andrade, no Flickr

Zooming, Downtown and Gleba Palhano (the booming district across the Igapó Lakes complex):
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IMG_8073 by Yuri Andrade, no Flickr

Londrina and Cambé (another city in Londrina metro area). This region produces half of Brazilian wheat, and they look nice on the southern hemisphere winter:
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IMG_8077 by Yuri Andrade, no Flickr

Cambé, Rolândia and Arapongas (cities in the metro area). Londrina was behind as the plane makes a 180 degree to aproach the airport, located in east Londrina:
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IMG_8086 by Yuri Andrade, no Flickr

West section of Londrina's Downtown:
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IMG_8094 by Yuri Andrade, no Flickr



Downtown

Starting at the oldest part of Downtown, where the first highrises grew up in the early 1950's, mere 20 years after Londrina was established in the middle of jungle. Several Modernist especimes, not very common in a mid-sized city.
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IMG_8098 by Yuri Andrade, no Flickr

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IMG_8101 by Yuri Andrade, no Flickr

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IMG_8104 by Yuri Andrade, no Flickr

I pretended to be interested in rent an apartment to look inside a Modernist building:
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IMG_8118 by Yuri Andrade, no Flickr

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IMG_8119 by Yuri Andrade, no Flickr

Cathedral. Londrina is seat of a Roman Catholic Archdiocese:
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IMG_8125 by Yuri Andrade, no Flickr

Before the booming Gleba Palhano district emerged in the 2000's, this was Londrina's tallest (1997-2004), with 107m/350ft high:
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FullSizeRender by Yuri Andrade, no Flickr

Now everything changes. The western 1/3 of Londrina's Downtown. A tree-lined region, denser, more residential, with newer and more upmarket residential buildings. Again it's a very unique place for a mid-sized city.

Some random streets and buildings:

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IMG_8145 by Yuri Andrade, no Flickr

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IMG_8146 by Yuri Andrade, no Flickr

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IMG_8149 by Yuri Andrade, no Flickr

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IMG_8150 by Yuri Andrade, no Flickr

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FullSizeRender(1) by Yuri Andrade, no Flickr

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FullSizeRender(2) by Yuri Andrade, no Flickr

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IMG_8156 by Yuri Andrade, no Flickr

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FullSizeRender(3) by Yuri Andrade, no Flickr

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IMG_8159 by Yuri Andrade, no Flickr
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