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São Paulo

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Today we're visiting one of the world's largest urban sprawls - the Brazilian metropolis of São Paulo. With nearly 40 million people residing in it's massive urban area, it's one of the world's most populated cities.

São Paulo is an important financial center and is well known for its unique landmarks and interesting architecture - and there's no better example than Paulista Avenue. Home to a number of large banks and financial institutions, it's one of the city's most important avenues.


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While São Paulo is home to many of the country's wealthiest citizens - the outskirts of the city are a different story. It's a city known for its income inequality and favelas can be seen for miles.


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While the city center of São Paulo is located quite a bit inland - the Brazilian state of São Paulo still gets to enjoy a beautiful stretch of Atlantic shoreline with a number of popular resort towns such as Santos. It's a popular vacation destination for locals and tourists alike - and the port and container terminal here is vital for the entire country.


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We return to central São Paulo - visiting one of the city's most well known landmarks and important transportation hubs - the beautiful Victorian Estação da Luz (Luz Train Station).


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The impressive Ipiranga Museum is a well known history museum in the heart of the city and is a popular tourist attraction - it's currently undergoing an extensive restoration however and will re-open in 2022.


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The recently completed Cidade Jardim Corporate Center can be seen standing right next to a neighborhood of slums - this sort of income divide can be seen in many places across the city.


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The Octávio Frias de Oliveira Bridge was completed in 2008 and spans the Pinheiros River - it's one of the city's most amazing sights and is quite striking at nighttime.


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A final mosaic of São Paulo's impressive skyline, featuring a few of the city's most famous high rises - such as the curvy Edificio Copan, Edifício Itália, and the Banespa Building.


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-korver

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Previous Update: "The Balkans"

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What the..? How do you do this so quickly and maintain such unmatched quality? I swear you finish an entire region in the time it takes for me to scroll through a menu! 

P.s. outstanding work again!

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That bridge, tho! *:yes: And the beachfront details! Still trying to figure out how you’re able to crank these out. *:???: *:lol:

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@mike_oxlong Thank you for the comment! These last couple of updates - and some of my upcoming ones as well - are all ones that I've quietly made huge progress on throughout the year. I've had a bit more free time this month, so now I'm putting on the finishing touches and finally publishing them *:)

@bladeberkman Thanks for the kind words - I hope my answer above cleared things up *:P Glad you enjoyed the update!

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Man, it is always nice  to check in. Again I like the trip, good viewing, didn't have to wait at the museum and so, I had a good time. Thanks!

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Nice work on these scenes :) I like both the Balkan and Sao Paolo pictures! :) That bridge :D :D,  amazing! :)

Thanks for sharing these!

- Tyberius

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I feel the sudden need to book a plane ticket to Sao Paulo right now... Traveling the world with korver!!

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O_O

Striking...!   Nice work bro....!    Thanks for sharing.  *:D

(And yeah, that bridge is something else)

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19 hours ago, TekindusT said:

I feel the sudden need to book a plane ticket to Sao Paulo right now.

 

2 hours ago, korver said:

Me too after doing this update *:D

It would seem there are a lot of fascinating cities in South America - I just recently stumbled across La Paz Bolivia - take a look for yourself on GoogleEarth (speaking of which I was able to find that bridge in Sao Paulo - trip that the highway there goes north on one bank of the river and south on the other). 

 

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@RobertLM78 There's a lot of cities that I've thought about over the years but haven't gotten around to yet - so I'll be looking to change that soon hopefully. Lots of possibilities for sure. *:)

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The favelas gif could pass off as a screenshot from the original Tropico. It's that good. :thumb:

...by the way:

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Good job and beautiful work in the image of Santos, it was very well represented *;).

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Nicely done once again. The last pic was my favorite, so much detail, so much to see. How do you have time for all this? :P

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Once again late, but... OMG, that bridge ! And how did you do the little curvy park ? and,  OMG, those diagonals at the end... and....

And.

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THIS IS AMAZING!

I'm building a São Paulo inspired city right now, where can i find all those buildings, Edificio Itália, i dont have that one.

Congrats!

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@tariely Thank you for the comment! I'm assuming you mean the Santos one - that's 100% lot editor work with some MMPs and the custom textures were made by hand. The dependency list for that scene is about a couple miles long though unfortunately.

@Angry_Bubble Obrigado *:thumb:

@Paulobergonci Appreciate the nice words. *:) The Edificio Itália is a custom model I found online and exported it to use in the game. A number of other buildings were also downloaded from various 3d model sites and converted into SC4 BATs too.

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