Isto não é para nós? um estudo sobre a verticalização e modernidade em Belém entre as décadas de 1940 e 1950

Abstract

This thesis studies the process of verticalization in Belem, capital of Para state, focusing specifically on the August 15 avenue, today President Vargas avenue, between the 1940s and 1950s. This process was the result of administrative and political efforts that aimed the changing of the city‟s landscape of the center. These political and administrative actions encouraged the construction of modern Skyscrapers in line with what was happening in other parts of Brazil and the world. The research aims to value the study area and the effects of this vertical element in the city landscape, changes in public policies that focused on the process and the consequent changes that they generated in different representations of urban space.