Your eyes will shine.

The guy of the picture was at the taxi stop of Osório Square, smoking his cigarette, drinking his beer and looking to the infinite. Was he waiting for someone? Was he thinking of someone?

The translation for the sign is "Your eyes will shine more than the gift".

Another point of view of Boca Maldita

The Boca Maldita is the center of all important events in Curitiba (political, social and cultural). It is an obligatory passage for those who want to know what is happening in the city. Get closer to where the old men are talking to disclose the backroom of Curitiba's politic panorama.

The photo was taken from Dr. Muricy street towards the Boca Maldita.

Luiz Xavier - The shortest avenue of the world

Luiz Antônio Xavier was born in Curitiba on December 21, 1856. He was the first elected mayor of Curitiba and he was extremely popular and accessible.

Under his administration, Luiz Xavier has endowed Curitiba with paving, gardening and made an important contribution to the development of water services and sanitation. He ordered the alignment of XV de Novembro street and Osorio Square, transforming a moor into an usable and integrated space.

At this spot, the road became wider, thus unintentionally; he had created the shortest avenue in the world. Still in life, Luiz Xavier saw this avenue been named in his honor, but by an act of pure flattery, the name Luiz Xavier was evicted to please the then president Getúlio Vargas, and thus, for almost twenty years, the street was named João Pessoa.

Only after the death of Vargas (in 1954), the road reverts to its original and fair name: Luiz Xavier, but unfortunately, he didn’t witnessed this fact, since he died in 1933.

Source: Book "Ruas e histórias de Curitiba" by Valério Hoerner Júnior. “Artes e Textos” publisher. Curitiba, 2002.