VILA MADALENA

 

Rua Fradique Coutinho where one can see a tram car passing by Rua Aspicuelta. At the corner one can see a pizza place and restaurant. There is a further tram car descending Fradique Coutinho next to Rua Wizard in the back. This must be the late 1950s.

Birdseye view of a section of Vila Madalena comprising of the corner of rua Aspicuelta and rua Harmonia on the left, rua Madalena & rua Faisão (a one-block street ending at rua Girassol), rua Patizal (another one-block-street where Amândio, a class-mate of my high-school's 2nd year in 1963, used to live) and rua Wizard up to rua Fidalga. 

We moved to rua Simpatia which is the street that byforks from rua Aspicuelta at the corner of rua Harmonia...on 16 December 1960. We lived there until June 1969. 

Looking closely to this photograph I may surmise it was taken in the early 1950s if not late 1940s for when we moved in there were houses already built in the corners of Aspicuelta-Simpatia with Harmonia...and also in the corner of Madalena-Faisão with Harmonia. 

Rua Harmonia's block between Aspicuelta and Madalena was the steepest possible block I had ever seen until I visited San Francisco, California in 1972. As those streets were not yet paved when this photo was taken one can clearly see the erosion caused by the rain in the before-mentioned corner. 

Praça Ramos de Azevedo-Vila Madalena tram-car #28 would run on rua Fradique Coutinho, turn right at rua Aspicuelta, climb up one block and turn right again at rua Fidalga where it would run past rua Wizard and turn left at rua Purpurina where it made its final stop at the middle of the block just in front of a baker's shop.

Tram #28 Vila Madalena-Praça Ramos de Azevedo starts out from Rua Purpurina to turn right on Rua Fradique Coutinho in a photo taken in 1954. 

Rua Xavier de Toledo in 1961; see photos of Martha Rocha, Yuri Gagarin on the cover of Fatos & Fotos and Jeff Chandler hanging from the newsstand... 

A proud motor-man (motorneiro) poses in front of tram-car #28 Vila Madalena at its initial stop on Rua Xavier de Toledo. By the looks of cars it may be 1964, probably the last day tram-cars circulated in São Paulo. 

Rua Fradique Coutinho between rua Cardeal Arcoverde & rua Ignácio Pereira da Rocha; photo taken in 1955 by a relative of Décio Monteiro, who posted at FB. 

Angelo Moscato poses for a photo at Rua Girassol in the late 50s. Cemitério São Paulo's wall's in the background. The small bridge rail on the left was over a rivulet that used to flood the whole area during the summer rains...

A Catholic procession coming through Rua Girassol, in 1951. heading to Santa Madalena Church.

Calvary Church (Igreja do Calvário) next to Cemitério São Paulo, in 1953.