Some Photos

Catedral Metropolitana na Praça da Sé.
The cathedral holds 8,000 and the square (praça) is a huge concrete expanse with fountains and a few sculptures (complete with Jesus spraypainted on them). It took about 50 years to build the cathedral, replacing the 18th century one, which was demolished in 1920.






A pretty good example of an informal economy. Notice the smoke filtering in at the end of the street. A real-life residential fire from off to the right, too bad emergency vehicles in São Paulo can't get anywhere...











Here is a photo of some buildings in a large square in downtown São Paulo. Notice the helipad on top of the building at the far right. Helicopters are very big in São Paulo; reminds me of living next to the UNC hospital.