CINE ASTOR at Conjunto Nacional

Conjunto Nacional footpath on Avenida Paulista with Cine Astor and Jardim de Inverno Fasano in the background.

1958 - the sign says that there would be the future site of the US Consulate...

Cine Astor box-office looking out to Alameda Santos.

glorious Cine Astor's interior...

6 March 1960 - Cine Astor was the most state-of-the-art cinema in São Paulo in 1960. It was equipped with the Todd-AO system devised by Hollywood producer Michael Todd which used 70 mm film and stereophonic sound. 

Jardim de Inverno Fasano in 1957. 

Conjunto Nacional with its famous watch at the top, looking along Rua Augusta on the right. 

Cine Paulista on Rua Augusta in 23rd December 1956 when 'Ao balanço das horas' was all the rage... 

Santana 1940s

rua Alfredo Pujol in the 1940s. 

a train glides through Rua Alfredo Pujól in 1947. 

CPOR barracks on rua Alfredo Pujol in the 1940s. 

CPOR later on when those hideous sentry boxes were already built.