Modernism and charm in a great neighbourhood seen from the eyes of a woman!

Mary · #1 Posted **May 29, 2007, 8:18 PM**

I live in the city of Belo Horizonte.

I have created many threads here at SSP about various cities, though none of them had pics which were mine.

So, last week I decided to change that and went for a walk in charming neighbourhood of my city to take some pics.

The area is called "Cidade Jardim", wich means Garden City in portuguese.

It´s a residential area planned in the 40´s and wich had its boom in the 50´s and 60´s, so you´ll see lots of modernist homes.

The area seen from a distance. Lots of green.
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Street level pics.
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An old house.
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The main street in the neighbourhood.
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Another beautiful house.
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Other one.
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Still a residence. Built in the 40´s.
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Love the statues and the stones.
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The garage in the back.
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This one looks like the last one.
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A picturesque square.
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With a playground.
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Potable water.
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There was this really cute boy there. His parents were reading near.
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And really old house. I love all those plants. It sort of remembers me Coral Gables in Miami.
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This one too.
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Heading to other streets in the neighbourhood.

A french house. Anyone wants to buy it?
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Trees
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Adorable.
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More Coral Gables lol...
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Charming.
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A curved street.
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Nice.
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Now, a little bit of modernist architecture.

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Love this one.
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More.
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The amount of green is incredible. Everything is neat and clean.
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Plants.
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An old american Cadillac in the garage.
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In the garage of another 60´s house, a 60´s Dodge.
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60´s, for sure.
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More 50´s, impossible.
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More modernism.
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Charming.
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Green.
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Other streets.
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Look at this tree!!
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Needs some restoration.
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70´s.
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A skyline in the distance.
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A traditional school: The Loyola.
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Colourful.
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Nice street.
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70´S.
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Flowers.
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An apartment building built in the 50´s.
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Leaving the modernism...
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A restaurant.

A clinic.

A french boutique.

The oldest building in the area: a colonial house built in 1870.

That´s it!!

ChunkyMonkey · #2 Posted **May 29, 2007, 8:26 PM**

Great pics. I love the lush and tropical feel of the area. Is this one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in Belo Horizonte? The houses look like mansions.

The only thing I'm not so wild about are all the gates. Are all the houses gated? Is it due to crime?

Mary · #3 Posted **May 29, 2007, 8:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by ChunkyMonkey

Great pics. I love the lush and tropical feel of the area. Is this one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in Belo Horizonte? The houses look like mansions.

The only thing I'm not so wild about are all the gates. Are all the houses gated? Is it due to crime?

Yes, it´s one of the most exclusive neighbourhoods in Belo Horizonte.
In the past, it was even more exclusive. Nowadays, other exclusive areas exist.

Not all the houses are gated, as the ones below show.

However, others are. And yes, it´due to crime.

Trantor · #4 Posted **May 30, 2007, 12:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by ChunkyMonkey

Great pics. I love the lush and tropical feel of the area. Is this one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in Belo Horizonte? The houses look like mansions.

The only thing I'm not so wild about are all the gates. Are all the houses gated? Is it due to crime?

most houses are gated, even much simpler ones, in most brazilian cities over 150k people.

hey, i remember in my childhood, NO HOUSES in my neighborhood had gates and fences. Now they ALL have gates and fences.

btw, the city may be lush, but its not so tropical. The average temp is low for most of Brasil, with exception of southern cities.

Wiki
"Belo Horizonte's climate can be classified as tropical altitude, with yearly average temperature between 18-19 and 22-23°C. The Köppen climate classification of the region is Cwa (Tropical on high altitudes, humid/warm summer and a dry/cool winter).

As a city located in the southern Hemisphere, Belo Horizonte's spring starts in September, its summer in December, its autumn in March, and its winter in June. Even though inter-seasonal differences are not as pronounced as they are in temperate places, and many people believe that, as in much of Brazil, there are just two seasons (a hot and humid one from October to March, and a colder and drier one from April to September), there is a contrast between spring and summer, and between fall and winter. The coldest month is generally July, with a lowest recorded temperature of 3.1°C (37.6ºF). The hottest month is usually January, with a highest recorded temperature of 35.4°C (95.7ºF). There can be problems related with low air humidity during August.

The 852m elevation of Belo Horizonte helps a little in cooling the city, suppressing high maximum air temperatures experienced in nearby cities at lower altitudes. At its foundation, Belo Horizonte had one of the finest climates of all Brazilian cities[citation needed], but as time passed and the city grew it has come to suffer from typical urban phenomena known as the heat island and thermal inversion. However, its climate is still neither as hot as Rio de Janeiro's, nor as cold as Curitiba's in the winter."

HomeInMyShoes · #5 Posted **May 30, 2007, 2:40 AM**

Thanks for the photos. Some very fine examples of 50s and 60s architecture.

MSPtoMKE · #6 Posted **May 30, 2007, 2:47 AM**

Great neighborhood, thanks for sharing.

Mary · #7 Posted **May 30, 2007, 2:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

Thanks for the photos. Some very fine examples of 50s and 60s architecture.

Thank´s!

djvandrake · #8 Posted **May 30, 2007, 4:52 PM**

Wow. A ver interesting mix of styles. There are some very beautiful homes there. Thanks.

Pengh · #9 Posted **May 30, 2007, 5:30 PM**

I like the trees... We have the same trees here in South Florida

Mary · #10 Posted **May 30, 2007, 6:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by Pengh

I like the trees... We have the same trees here in South Florida

Interesting ! I imagined that .

alleystreetindustry · #11 Posted **May 30, 2007, 9:51 PM**

we have a foreign exchange student from belo horizonte here in atlanta. i have never heard of the place until he came. looks very nice.

mrherodotus · #12 Posted **May 30, 2007, 10:32 PM**

Great looking buildings.

skylife · #13 Posted **May 30, 2007, 11:46 PM**

A woman is here...everybody act cool...be cool guys...

What an interesting mix...I'll take this one:

with this view please:

mczamalek · #14 Posted **May 31, 2007, 5:42 PM**

Great photos from you! Mary, you know we'll now expect more of Brasil

gatt · #15 Posted **May 31, 2007, 11:16 PM**

good work!

john_mclark · #16 Posted **May 31, 2007, 11:42 PM**

Holy hell my friend Nicholas Ravinowich Tebet is from Belo Horizonte

Trantor · #17 Posted **Jun 1, 2007, 10:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by alleystreetindustry

we have a foreign exchange student from belo horizonte here in atlanta. i have never heard of the place until he came. looks very nice.

its a metropolis of 5 million people (almost 3 million people in the city proper)

Check this other thread for some amazing aerial pictures and also downtown pics, etc.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=124666

Mary · #18 Posted **Jun 2, 2007, 12:44 AM**

Trantor:

This thread was created to show my pics in a section of the forum dedicated exclusively for that.

Now you just post someone´s else pictures here, totally changing my thread.

Trantor · #19 Posted **Jun 2, 2007, 12:22 PM**

"totally changing the thread"

bah, I was doing it for Belo Horizonte! To show the grandeur of the city. But its ok, I will delete my post.

Mary · #20 Posted **Jun 3, 2007, 6:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by Trantor

"totally changing the thread"

bah, I was doing it for Belo Horizonte! To show the grandeur of the city. But its ok, I will delete my post.

Thank you.