Saturday, March 18, 2023

Galeria do Rock

 

escalators galore at Galeria do Rock. 


Grandes Galerias later known as Galeria do Rock was built at Avenida São João in 1963. next to Cine Art-Palácio. It had 5 floors and one could walk through it and get to rua 24 de Maio where one could find record-shops and department stores. For unknown reasons Grandes Galerias didn't 'catch up' and remained half-empty for more than 15 years. Then, when the downtown area had already descended into decay it gallery 'took off' and now its shop-spaces are filled to capacity. It panders to young Blacks, punks and rock'n'rollers and other tribes.
aerial view of Galeria do Rock taken by a drone. 
Trio Cristal, a musical group from Paraguay who made São Paulo their home pose for a photo inside Grandes Galerias which had just opened in 1963.
Galeria do Rock in the mid-1970s. 
looking out into Largo do Paisandú.
Grandes Galerias was projected by Alfredo Mathias, the same architect who designed Shopping Center Iguatemi, São Paulo's very first shopping mall.

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