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Under the Flyover

Jul 27, 2006

The Garrido Boxing gym taken during a São Paulo how the-city-wakes-up session, which eventually morphed into trying to figure out how-people-utilise-the-space-under-flyovers.

Related photos here.

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Context & Understanding

Jul 22, 2006 | 14 Comments

Sao Paulo is very much a city of flyovers and underpasses, that latter being the focus of yesterday's street research.

This refrigerator has been converted to a novel use. What is it currently used for?

Photos contain some clues but I don't reckon any of you will get it.

Update: The following photo shows its recycled use - as equipment in an under-the-flyover gym.

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