São Paulo · History
History of Centro
You are sleeping inside the history. Nine readings on the downtown outside your window — the plaza, the avenues, the first towers and the coffee that paid for all of it.
São Paulo · History
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Centro
How Downtown São Paulo Was BuiltFrom a Jesuit mission on a hill to a coffee-money downtown.
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República
República: A District With a Republic's NameThe square, the district and the line all carry one word.
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The Plaza
Praça da República, Stone by StoneA parade ground that became a garden — and a Sunday fair.
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The Avenue
Avenida São João: The Road That Named a City's SongOne of the city's founding avenues — and half of a famous corner.
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The Corner
The Corner of Ipiranga and São JoãoTwo avenues, one lyric, and the Copan curving above.
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Estação da Luz
Estação da Luz and the Age of CoffeeA British-built station with a clock tower over the coffee line.
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Edifício Copan
Edifício Copan: Niemeyer's Great WaveNiemeyer's concrete wave, a few minutes from the door.
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First Towers
Itália and Martinelli: The First TowersThe first skyscraper and the highest terrace, side by side in Centro.
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Coffee & the City
Coffee and the Making of São PauloOne crop paid for the avenues, the stations and the skyline.
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The Suite
A room at the centre of it all.
Everything here is steps from the Daniel Martins Building. Sleep where the story is.