The Town Beyond The Walls: The Story Behind The Peace Complex in Interlagos

The Town Beyond The Walls: The Story Behind The Peace Complex in Interlagos


Five interconnected communities have been building for 70 years and fight for improvements, regardless of the festivals

That comes to The city Through the main roads and the roads of the interlagos, or to look at the shows held in the minimum of the race track, it is unlikely that the five communities have grown in the last 70 years. Form the Peace complex.

“The families started to arrive shortly after the race track in fifty. My father changed an old refrigerator for a shack and came with his wife and two children,” says Rafael De Moraes Souza, 34, president of Vila da Paz Favela Residents Association.

THE Vila da Paz It has about nine thousand inhabitants. It is the largest of the five interconnected communities around Interlagos. “It is not only in Rio de Janeiro that there is a complex, no,” says Souza and Morrão List, Vila Nicaragua and Marabá and Cristal Gardens. The Broken Union was built over decades.

Pass shacks to the apartments gave dignity to the neighborhood

Different rivalries have been over time, both by dialogue, the joint struggle for infrastructurefrom the mix of communities of the communities in the football championships or for the construction of real estate properties.

Remember the Singapore? They were popular condominiums built in the management of the then mayor Paulo Maluf. In the surroundings of Interlagos, the first 11 were delivered in 1995, to Jardim Cristal, who borders the track wall. Therefore 44 other real estate properties were delivered by the mayor Celso Pitta, to Vila da Paz.

Many residents are completing the 30 years of installments and, finally, receive the title of ownership. Ended up paying R $ 58 per month. Today, buildings need roof and painting reforms. A 62 square meter apartment is evaluated at around $ 150,000.

The Várzea championship unites the communities and establishes peace

The struggle for solutions such as the end of the landfill – replaced by Citizenship Square He also helped unite the communities and strengthen the feeling of belonging. Severino Ramos de Queroz retired, 70 years old, is an example: it keeps space for free every day. “This was just garbage, he must maintain,” he says.

In 2018, the conquest of Pioneer Cup – one of the most important of Várzea Paulistana – was another step to bring the five slum closer. The Esportte Club Vila da Paz (Esporte YouthMac vila da Paz) has collected players from all over the territory. In the same year, a crowd of concerts by Sampa Crew General.

The broken house houses several teams, such as Tranca, Boys, America and Marabá. The welcome field of synthetic grass is the pride of the community. TO DomingosThe veterans enter the field early and then get together for barbecue and beer in the kiosks, while other teams play.

What happens overall Vila da Paz when the city rolls?

The main impacts of The city In the communities of the peace complex they are in the police, which increases significantly and in traffic: the flow Of people and vehicles crash and the application races become more expensive. “The residents of the favela they need to use are not at the Festival,” says the president of Vila da Paz Residents Association.

Apart from this, life usually follows weekends: football matches, masses and services, the Saturday fair. Not even the temporary works generated by The city They attract a lot, most residents are used. While the festival occurs on the other side of the wall, those who live in the peace complex maintain their part calendar.

Edson Coelho Cristino46, will celebrate the birthday with the community. He holds a kiosk next to the football field and promises “a bucket of caipirinha for free for all those who come in honor”. The bucket is great. I ask if the party is because of the city. “No Bro, it’s my birthday this week. It’s a broken roll.”

Source: Terra

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