the Original Green

the Original Green http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo.html These images are from São Paulo, Brazil. They represent a frightening picture of what the future of the US might be if we don’t change the way we build our cities. Check out the Gated Subdivisions blog entry for a more detailed discussion of how this might happen in the US. A city of towers... most with only one luxury apartment per floor http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo.html#0 b3f34786-1e24-4646-8e16-b60396ca6a16 http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207296/thumb.jpg http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207296/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">A city of towers... most with only one luxury apartment per floor</p></div></div> And a city of favelas, or slums... although the favellas were masonry http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo.html#1 ba09d142-05a9-40ad-982c-23a636118c5d http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC15%206929/thumb.jpg http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC15%206929/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">And a city of favelas, or slums... although the favellas were masonry</p></div></div> some of the high rises are occupied by the poor, too http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo.html#2 53451e56-e4d2-44d4-bb0e-c7806716ea97 http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207658/thumb.jpg http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207658/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">some of the high rises are occupied by the poor, too</p></div></div> São Paulo shopping street: as elegant and sophisticated as any in Europe http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo.html#3 90907ac9-f99f-40b3-834d-cfc9495a673f http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207502/thumb.jpg http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207502/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">the “vacant storefront”...</p></div></div> ... attracts a lot of attention http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo.html#5 53a55f30-5148-41d9-8842-a7278015be5c http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207506/thumb.jpg http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207506/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">... attracts a lot of attention</p></div></div> another view http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo.html#6 33eec47a-3ede-451c-8bc8-3f70c4dea0e0 http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207510/thumb.jpg http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207510/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">another view</p></div></div> but the people of means live in their own personal prisons http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo.html#7 0b6f84cd-5be8-4977-9b07-23bb87be75c7 http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207459/thumb.jpg http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207459/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">but the people of means live in their own personal prisons</p></div></div> inside the few open fronts, people literally live “behind bars” http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo.html#8 fd3eb043-5c55-4d38-8987-8b77a25c96ed http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207345/thumb.jpg http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207345/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">inside the few open fronts, people literally live “behind bars”</p></div></div> meat hooks atop retrofitted security wall on older house http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo.html#9 bf46c406-f87d-493e-abad-77c446a56656 http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207404/thumb.jpg http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207404/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">meat hooks atop retrofitted security wall on older house</p></div></div> this wall is topped with little daggers http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo.html#10 75bbea24-cda5-4460-a4cb-35c03f7ad17f http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207379/thumb.jpg http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207379/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">this wall is topped with little daggers</p></div></div> no kidding... the guy’s shirt says “VIGILANTE”... one on every block http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo.html#11 48bcc747-5aa8-4392-955a-632c5fc7899c http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207422/thumb.jpg http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207422/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">no kidding... the guy’s shirt says “VIGILANTE”... one on every block</p></div></div> can you imagine a more unfriendly house frontage? If not, scroll on... http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo.html#12 a90a4501-dcad-438c-8373-83a492c5283f http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207461/thumb.jpg http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207461/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">can you imagine a more unfriendly house frontage? If not, scroll on...</p></div></div> the view down the sidewalk http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo.html#13 935a7eaa-f379-451f-b72a-9b5cb889ed61 http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207460/thumb.jpg http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207460/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">steel-plated front door...</p></div></div> and how it looks from across the street http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo.html#15 bb689fe4-a57e-4655-91fe-6f5c59b9d436 http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207467/thumb.jpg http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207467/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and how it looks from across the street</p></div></div> another front wall, this one topped with a high voltage electric fence http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo.html#16 cc65ea64-8a22-4607-994e-ce9472655e0c http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207433/thumb.jpg http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207433/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">another front wall, this one topped with a high voltage electric fence</p></div></div> people set up shop IN THE FAST LANE because traffic is so slow... http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo.html#17 2842b64d-8c17-4c71-b6f0-3d6256db9192 http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo,%20Brazil%2007DEC20%207841/thumb.jpg http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo,%20Brazil%2007DEC20%207841/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">people set up shop IN THE FAST LANE because traffic is so slow...</p></div></div> ... so slow, in fact, that a trip by car across town can take 8 HOURS... http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo.html#18 f739c728-7c44-4e8c-9be0-08112b01daae http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo,%20Brazil%2007DEC20%207836/thumb.jpg http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo,%20Brazil%2007DEC20%207836/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">... so slow, in fact, that a trip by car across town can take 8 HOURS...</p></div></div> ... as a result, all the wealthy people take helicopters across town http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo.html#19 3c57c06c-3706-4711-b1c8-c064e362d06b http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo,%20Brazil%2007DEC20%207748/thumb.jpg http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo,%20Brazil%2007DEC20%207748/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">... as a result, all the wealthy people take helicopters across town</p></div></div> even the 34-wheelers must crawl by at walking speed http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo.html#20 f8fa6285-4431-40bb-b0dd-2f90d86af64e http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo,%20Brazil%2007DEC20%207825/thumb.jpg http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo,%20Brazil%2007DEC20%207825/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">even the 34-wheelers must crawl by at walking speed</p></div></div> nonetheless, how would you feel if this were your daughter? http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo.html#21 eb9ab9d3-1217-4a2c-a8c1-a80c0ad5e21d http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo,%20Brazil%2007DEC20%207829/thumb.jpg http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo,%20Brazil%2007DEC20%207829/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">nonetheless, how would you feel if this were your daughter?</p></div></div> security equipment is everywhere http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo.html#22 ff2fc12a-7692-4d8f-ad54-9eb974bdb493 http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207355/thumb.jpg http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207355/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">security equipment is everywhere</p></div></div> the spirit of fear that pervades the city... http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo.html#23 af0dbf9a-74bd-4cce-af7b-857bed95e8d7 http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207603/thumb.jpg http://www.originalgreen.org/OG/Albums/Pages/Sao_Paulo_files/Media/Sao%20Paulo%2007DEC16%207603/micro.jpg

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