Londrina - The Brazilian "Little London"

[skyscraperokra]

Originally Posted by Yuri S Andrade

Dear troll, "Little London" (Pequena Londres in Portuguese) is the city's NICKNAME, as the name, a tribute to the British founders. You could read at least the thread description before this righteous post.

Of course London and Londrina are completely different. London is 2,000 years old, Londrina 75; there are 15 million people in London area, in Londrina, 1 million; London used to be the capital of the largest empire on Earth, while Londrina was a small city completely surrounded by a dense rainforest.

About the buildings ugliness, that's a matter of opinion. Anyhow, London gets its own (and huge) share on the "ugly buildings department".

Firstable , yes i am new here ,but "i am not a troll" , i just got curious about the Title u put in ur thread " lil London" my favorite city, if was nothing to compare u should make a lil description about u said "Tribute to the British founders" , Secondable I just gave my opinion about the picx "is not type interesting city for me", very normal, nothing to say "WOW this is great", this is a kind thread to express opinions, you need to learn accept criticism as well,the life is not "only we want to hear". maybe u are a teenage and will get time to respect opinions.

[Acoustic]

Originally Posted by skyscraperokra

Firstable , yes i am new here ,but "i am not a troll" , i just got curious about the Title u put in ur thread " lil London" my favorite city, if was nothing to compare u should make a lil description about u said "Tribute to the British founders" , Secondable I just gave my opinion about the picx "is not type interesting city for me", very normal, nothing to say "WOW this is great", this is a kind thread to express opinions, you need to learn accept criticism as well,the life is not "only we want to hear". maybe u are a teenage and will get time to respect opinions.

excuse him, he is probably a Lula supporter, not very used to democracy.

[brazilteen]

it is the first time in my life I agree with acoustic

[christos-greece]

Interesting and nice new photos from Londrina

[Yuri S Andrade]

Originally Posted by skyscraperokra

Firstable , yes i am new here ,but "i am not a troll" , i just got curious about the Title u put in ur thread " lil London" my favorite city, if was nothing to compare u should make a lil description about u said "Tribute to the British founders" , Secondable I just gave my opinion about the picx "is not type interesting city for me", very normal, nothing to say "WOW this is great", this is a kind thread to express opinions, you need to learn accept criticism as well,the life is not "only we want to hear". maybe u are a teenage and will get time to respect opinions.

You didn't "get curious". You simply ignored the description and started a city/author-bashing, using expressions like "tell me you're joking" and "collection of ugly buildings". Here in "Cityscapes", we, in general, are looking forward to knowing cities from everywhere in the world, abandoning pre-conceived ideas, so bigot posts like yours are not welcomed.

And you didn't show up here to give your "opinion". You tried to mock the thread's title, the city, without even reading the description. So don't try to play the victim, ok?

Originally Posted by Acoustic

excuse him, he is probably a Lula supporter, not very used to democracy.

Originally Posted by brazilteen

it is the first time in my life I agree with acoustic

Do I know you? That's a photo collection type of thread, so if you have issues, send me PMs.

Originally Posted by christos-greece

Interesting and nice new photos from Londrina

Thank you, Christos. It's always refreshing to know there are curious people in SSC, a truly city-enthusiastic, not trapped into this hate-behaviour which took on SSC lately.

[Yuri S Andrade]

Photos by damiao (SSC). Last one, by my cousin (a not-welcomed guest):

Londrina's skyline taken from west:

On the left, we have the two West Borough skylines and thw west face of Downtown's one:
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Downtown (left) and Gleba Palhano (right/first plan) skylines:
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West Borough skyline as seen from west:
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And the opposite view, from the west section of Downtown:
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[skyscraperokra]

okay just show me a modern building w/ nice design and good materials, show me old historical houses or churches or something to make a difference from other cities w/good architecture," maybe i can change my mind" because city like yours w/ poor architecture and a lot of insignificant buildings have millions in the world, I know London or New York or Madri or Buenos Aires or Rio or Montevideo or guadalajara or Volgograd ...have insignificant buildings too but have milions of modern and nice architecture, historical, monuments thats make the big difference , something i didnt see in ur city, that it....i finish here because u never gonna understand people have differents opinions.. Maybe the lover for u city makes u blind. But okay for u don't say i didnt like at all, i liked the green in ur city.peace and hope u understand my point.

[Yuri S Andrade]

Mon Dieu!

Londrina is 75 years old! Now do you wanna compare the "old historical houses or churches" in Londrina with cities with hundreds or thousands years old, like London, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro or Guadalajara? Are you also expecting "modern building/design" in Londrina on the same level of world capitals like London or New York?

If you had seen the photos before posting, which you hadn't, you'd notice the train station of the British period, a lot of art-déco and modernist buildings on Downtown and some interesting and original designs plus thousands of old wooden-houses (something unique in Brazil), specially on the thread number II (my signature). Yes, for obvious reasons (maybe not obvious for you), Londrina is not on a par with London, but not everything is perfect there. What about that hideous rollercoaster in front of the most iconical building in the city?

The matter here is not your opinion, but the way you delivery it, with all these inopportune comments and nonsensical comparisons.

[Linguine]

interesting city......

[christos-greece]

Interesting and also very nice view, photo of Londrina:

[Christo Redemptor]

Legoland ! ! !

[Yuri S Andrade]

Gleba Palhano Aerial View

The photos taken by helicopter few days ago. Here we have lakes Igapó II and I, Gleba Palhano on the, right and the Civic Centre skyline left, on the bottom:
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The lakes again, Civic Centre skyline (right) and Vila Ipiranga (hospitals district) on the left:
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Gleba Palhano again. The photo was probably taken over the lake Igapó III:
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And Downtown:
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[Yuri S Andrade]

Lakes Igapó II and I, Vila Ipiranga (centre) and east part of Downtown (left):
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One of the Londrina's preserved valley and the west view of Downtown:
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Gleba Palhano:
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[Yuri S Andrade]

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People still grow vegetables on Gleba Palhano. Probably it's owned by a stubborn Japanese, who refuses to sell the land to the incorporators:
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Gleba and Downtown on the bottom:
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The new Ayrton Senna Avenue, the Gleba Palhano's spine:
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[Yuri S Andrade]

Some crossing near Catuaí Shopping Mall and the gated-communities:
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Gleba:
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Catuaí Shopping Mall, 82,000 m² (900,000 sq ft) of GLA (gross leaseable area):
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[damiao]

Originally Posted by skyscraperokra

Tell me you're joking plz, poor architecture( i see a collection of ugly buildings)Bunches of simples and small houses between the green(trees), i don't see nothing relevant or special in the pictures to compare London...

Comparison to London???... It is the name of the city!!!

We pay tribute to english people and they compaint about that. For me, it is time to change the name of the city, to pay tribute for who actually valuate Londrina.

[Yuri S Andrade]

I'm not sure... "Parisiense" wouldn't be as good as "Londrina"...

[Yuri S Andrade]

The inner city of Londrina (by Farina, Panoramio):

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Visit Londrina - The Brazilian "Little London II. Photos by myself.

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[Yuri S Andrade]

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