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Wednesday, 17th August 2005 by Alex Turnbull
I didn’t spot this one at first glance, but there’s a blimp floating over São Paulo in Brazil. Does anyone know what the cool ‘S’ shaped building just to the east is?
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Here’s another ‘S’-shaped building in Chicago. In this case its a condo building with its own marina on the river.
That one is a building named “Copan” in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
That’s no blimp…. its a space station!
The “S” shaped building is Copan, projected by Oscar Niemeyer was built betwen 1957 and 1966, it is a apartament building with stores in the ground level. It has 115 meters tall. It is located downtown. Here are some pictures: http://www.usp.br/agen/capa/imgs/212.jpg http://www.webwriter.jor.br/imagens/ed.copan_hilton_p.jpg http://www.janelaparaomar.hpg.ig.com.br/saopaulo/saopaulo.htm http://www.pitoresco.com.br/espelho/destaques/niemeyer/10.jpg http://www.aprenda450anos.com.br/450anos/vila_metropole/2-4_edificio_copan.asp http://www.usp.br/jorusp/arquivo/2004/jusp671/ilustras/ilustra10b.jpg http://www.novomilenio.inf.br/real/ed132o.htm http://www.saojudasnu.blogger.com.br/edificio%20copan%202004%20fabio%20burgos.jpg http://www.terra.com.br/istoe/istoe_sp/sp_450anos/reportagens/pelas_ruas_da_cidade.htm
The “s” building is Copan, one of the most famous buildings of São Paulo, projected by Oscar Niemeyer. The “cilinder” building on the left of the blimp is a desactivated Hilton hotel. And on the right (not in the picture) is EdifÃcio Itália, the 3rd tallest building of the city.
And actually this is a Goodyear blimp.
Kyle, its my space station!
that is the Copan Building, with over 5,000 people living in it 1,160 apartments
I Live the copan
the S-shaped building is the last building built by the contractor before being busted for possesion of marijuana
I suggested this exactly location months ago… with a description of Copan and the Goodyear Zeppelin… will I have to re-suggest the almost 10 locations I suggested?
Chill out, CoCo – start your own site if you’re that uppity!!
É só o meu Brasil mesmo, não tem pra ninguém…
Those Goodyear blimp’s are everywhere you look here in Sao Paulo especially over the “Marginal” Tiete and the Tiete River.
Não é por nada,mas o lugar + lindo do mundo é o Brasil, eu tenho muito orgulho de ser brasileira.
brazil is a wonderful and a beatiful contry
ola, tudo bem…….. nao entendo muito bem ingles amis sei um pouco..
brasil eh phoda, nos vamos construir o novo mundo la! chega mais galera!
look up Copan, Honduras it is absolutely beautiful