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Put 22 million people in a place and see what happens. Urban fizz pop bang.

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Spot the pool party - throughout the city it's riddled with semi-secret rooftop bars, galleries, pools and lounges, some for those in the know, others as a public forum for all

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The Japanese community in the city is 700,000 strong:

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I loved this solid block of art deco, one still being restored, other awaiting it. The mission building on the right is a complex 500 years old:

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The mix of architecture in the reviving Old downtown is crazy -the old and new at every turn, on every street reminded me a lot of London's The City financial district or Lower Manhattan -but bigger. It just went on for miles in every direction.

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I've never seen more art deco than in SP, many merging seamlessly into moderne or neo classical in equal measure. Half the time it's effectively disguised.

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I found it hard to realise that such a city exists and hardly anyone knows it, so large an area completely off the radar. This CBD has been dormant for a while, but fast reviving -very Berlin a la noughties apparently in terms of the bloom in art and culture, parties and speakeasies, still at easy prices.

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Everywhere is being restored, some slower than others:

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if you look very, very carefully, the majority of these buildings are art deco:

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The density of the city is staggering

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Even the dated styles were good quality -while here I developed an appreciation for all things Eighties, pomo and luxe

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70s architecture was also high end, with a lot of detail and finish. The building at right used traditional materials and Brazilian styled wooden shutters to create a randomised geometric effect, functional yet aesthetic

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Neither have I seen so many murals, let alone giant, skyscraping ones, they're pretty much on every block. the art has an art deco quality, reflecting the building

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Vultures were everywhere -this was on the busiest street, Avenida Paulista, while Yuri is the best host, and sweetest boy

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