The old beetle

Returning home from work on a rainy day, near the end of Presidente Kennedy Avenue in the Rebouças district, I stopped at a traffic light and saw this scene that has a touch of nostalgia. An old car stopped in front of an apparently abandoned factory of metal artifacts. I have captured the image and I tried to research at the internet something about this company but I found nothing.

By the way, it is very common to find in Curitiba old beetles. There are still a legion of fans of this strange little car.

Cultural Foundation of Curitiba - Moinho Rebouças - Part 2

The Curitiba Cultural Foundation (FCC), after implementing an extensive restoration of cultural areas in Curitiba, has won in 2006 the Moinho Rebouças as a space to be its new headquarters and a place to conduct its cultural activities. The change may seem odd, but not if we take into account some aspects. The most famous theater operated by the institution was powder room. The largest concert hall in the city - also in charge of the foundation - is an old quarry. The building that houses an important classical orchestra is a chapel. And the theater “Novelas Curitibanas” administrated by the Cultural Foundation of Curitiba, once was a brothel.

Cultural Foundation of Curitiba - Moinho Rebouças - Part 1

The Moinho Rebouças was a mill built at the beginning of the twentieth century by British . It used to made bran, bulgar wheat, wheat flour, and cookies of the brand Soberana. The building burned down in 1942. Only in 2002, already as a Curitiba Cultural Foundation property, it was reopened. The Moinho Rebouças is a symbol of the revitalization project of the Rebouças district with activities of culture, leisure and business.

Southeast view of Curitiba from the observatory

The view of Curitiba from the observatory is very beautiful and from the top of its 110 meters, you can enjoy Curitiba in 306 degrees. Shooting from up there is a little tricky because it is impossible to avoid the reflection of glass. So, I ask your understanding for this difficulty.

I'll post from today, a series of pictures taken from the observatory in the direction of 8 cardinal points.

The southeast picture shows the following districts: Downtown, Jardim Botânico, Prado Velho and Rebouças. Here some information of these neighborhoods.

Downtown: Around the small chapel of Nossa Senhora da Luz e Bom Jesus dos Pinhais a village was founded which is now called Curitiba. There are 105 bank agencies, 4848 commercial houses, 12 flats, 68 hotels, 669 industries, 555 restaurants, 4 shopping malls and the total population is 32,623 inhabitants.

Jardim Botanico: Its main attraction, as you can tell by the name, is the Jardim Botânico (Botanical Garden), one of the most visited tourist attractions of Curitiba. It is also houses one of the campuses of the Federal University of Parana and the Stadium Durival Britto e Silva.

Prado Velho is the neighborhood in which the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná is located and also a large slum called Vila das Torres. The word comes from the Latin meadow pratum and means a flat, plain or plain.

Rebouças is a middle-class neighborhood of Curitiba. The name is a tribute to the brothers and engineers Rebouças Antônio Pereira Filho and André Rebouças who built the railroad that connects Curitiba to Paranagua. At this district we will find the old mill that was purchased by the Municipality of Curitiba and transformed into the headquarters of the Cultural Foundation of Curitiba.