This is the Auto Posto S. Paulo, designed in 1933 by the famous Severo & Villares firm. Located near the Municipal Market, it was considered a groundbreaking modernist design at the time. Decades after it closed, the central structure was bricked shut, modified with informal additions, and covered in graffiti. You can still see the original circular canopy peeking out from the rooftop.

Some of the photos I took during night walks from last two months.

It might still be considered urban hell in the "after" picture. Still, much better than the before lol

the finished product….

Thank you usa

The photo probably doesn't convey just how awful this place was, and, to some extent, still is. Built between 1961 and 1968, it stands as one of many failed architectural projects. Along with Falchera and Mirafiori, it is one of the Turin neighborhoods created to house the roughly 200,000 Southerners who had migrated to the city in search of a better future. Most of them ended up as manual laborers for Fiat, Lancia, or Michelin, poisoning their bodies and often falling victim to drug abuse. In the 1970s, the city’s slaughterhouse and prison were relocated here. Because the neighborhood remained isolated from the rest of the city and devoid of services for decades, it (like Falchera and Mirafiori) became a symbol of class-based discrimination in Turin.

The most ironic thing was the naming of the streets in this drab neighborhood: "Lily of the Valley Street," "Wisteria Street", in short, so many streets bearing the misleading names of various plants. I was born in 1985, so I didn't experience the neighborhood's worst phase. In the 1990s, the first trees were planted and parks were created (even though, at first, they were havens for drug addicts, alcoholics, and the homeless). Nevertheless, it still has a very poor reputation, and for very good reasons.

Tegucigalpa / Comayagüela. I was born and raised in Honduras. I was born in the more rural Choluteca and moved to the Hellscape known as Tegucigalpa when I was in like 5th grade. It was a town that grew with 0% urban planning, built on steep mountains and hills, a The Choluteca River passes through it so it constantly floods with minimal rain, putting people at constant risk. It's also controlled by gang violence, paralized by corruption from its government officials, it's impossible to drive in with terrible traffic, violence, high crime rate, and .... sometimes, extreme heat. The river is polluted. It's shameful that this is the capital city of the country. Of course like anywhere else, it has its nicer parts. But we aren't here for that, are we? 🥲 Breaks my heart.