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===Architectural project===
===Architectural project===
With {{convert|25000|m2|sqft}}, the station was inspired in the New York terminals [[Grand Central Terminal|Grand Central]] and [[Pennsylvania Station (1910–1963)|Pennsylvania]] and projected by architects Cristiano Stockler das Neves and Samuel das Nves. In 1927, the project was awarded in the 3rd Panamerican Architects Congress and has characteristics such as concrete structure and brick masonry. Columns and worked liners marked the Louis XVI style of the construction. Besides that, high right-foot gave the station a sensation of luxury and breadth, with sculptures in the clock tower and arcs in the windows. The platform of the station was built with metallic structure coming from the zeppelin hangar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saopaulo.sp.gov.br/conhecasp/turismo_pontos-turisticos_julio-prestes|title=Estação Júlio Prestes|publisher=Governo do Estado de São Paulo|language=pt|accessdate=27 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321104621/http://www.saopaulo.sp.gov.br/conhecasp/turismo_pontos-turisticos_julio-prestes|archive-date=21 March 2016}}</ref> In the interior of the station, there is a classic French garden with {{convert|960|m2|sqft}}, besides in the original project the space would be a hall surrounded by columns in Corinthian style and covered by stained glasses – but the lack of funds made unviable the majestic hall.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=A cidade que se descobre|publisher=Editora Abril|language=pt|magazine=Veja São Paulo|pages=24-25|date=3 October 1985|issn=0100-7122}}</ref>
With {{convert|25000|m2|sqft}}, the station was inspired in the New York terminals [[Grand Central Terminal|Grand Central]] and [[Pennsylvania Station (1910–1963)|Pennsylvania]] and projected by architects Cristiano Stockler das Neves and Samuel das Neves. In 1927, the project was awarded in the 3rd Panamerican Architects Congress and has characteristics such as concrete structure and brick masonry. Columns and worked liners marked the Louis XVI style of the construction. Besides that, high right-foot gave the station a sensation of luxury and breadth, with sculptures in the clock tower and arcs in the windows. The platform of the station was built with metallic structure coming from the zeppelin hangar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saopaulo.sp.gov.br/conhecasp/turismo_pontos-turisticos_julio-prestes|title=Estação Júlio Prestes|publisher=Governo do Estado de São Paulo|language=pt|accessdate=27 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321104621/http://www.saopaulo.sp.gov.br/conhecasp/turismo_pontos-turisticos_julio-prestes|archive-date=21 March 2016}}</ref> In the interior of the station, there is a classic French garden with {{convert|960|m2|sqft}}, besides in the original project the space would be a hall surrounded by columns in Corinthian style and covered by stained glasses – but the lack of funds made unviable the majestic hall.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=A cidade que se descobre|publisher=Editora Abril|language=pt|magazine=Veja São Paulo|pages=24-25|date=3 October 1985|issn=0100-7122}}</ref>


===Decay and new projects===
===Decay and new projects===

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Júlio Prestes
Júlio Prestes station.
General information
LocationPça. Júlio Prestes, 148
Santa Cecília
Brazil
Coordinates23°31′58″S 46°38′27″W / 23.532778°S 46.640833°W / -23.532778; -46.640833
Owned by Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by CPTM
Platforms2 island platforms
2 side platforms
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codeJPR
History
Opened15 December 1938
Rebuilt25 January 1979
Previous namesSão Paulo
Services
Preceding station   CPTM   Following station
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Track layout
Legend
to Palmeiras-Barra Funda

Júlio Prestes is a train station on CPTM Line 8-Diamond, located in the district of Santa Cecília in São Paulo. This historical station was named after former Governor of São Paulo and former President-elect of Brazil, Júlio Prestes. Currently, the station attends only the CPTM Line 8-Diamond.

The station is the head office of the State Secretariat of Culture of São Paulo and, since 1999, the concert house for the São Paulo Symphonic Orchestra (Osesp), Sala São Paulo.[1] In Praça Júlio Prestes, it is possible to see the bronze statue of Alfredo Maia and the iron abstract structure of Emanoel Araújo.

History

The original stations was opened on 10 July 1872 by Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana, which was one of the most important railways in Brazil,[2] and it was name São Paulo Station. Its function was to transport coffee bean bags from southwest and western São Paulo and northern Paraná to the capital. The old station was aside from Luz Station, what facilitated the coffee transportation for São Paulo Railway, the only railway that had a route from São Paulo to Santos. The station connected São Paulo to Piracicaba, Santos and Presidente Epitácio, on the border with Mato Grosso do Sul.[3] After getting rich with the coffee transportation, it was decided to build a new and bigger station. The second and current station was projected by Cristiano Stockler das Neves and Samuel das Neves in 1925, but the construction was completed only in 1938, due to the economic instability, which affected almost all the capitalist countries at the time, caused by the Great Depression.[4]

Even far from being completed, at the end of the construction of part of the project (platform area), the boarding began to work in this station.

Architectural project

With 25,000 square metres (270,000 sq ft), the station was inspired in the New York terminals Grand Central and Pennsylvania and projected by architects Cristiano Stockler das Neves and Samuel das Neves. In 1927, the project was awarded in the 3rd Panamerican Architects Congress and has characteristics such as concrete structure and brick masonry. Columns and worked liners marked the Louis XVI style of the construction. Besides that, high right-foot gave the station a sensation of luxury and breadth, with sculptures in the clock tower and arcs in the windows. The platform of the station was built with metallic structure coming from the zeppelin hangar.[5] In the interior of the station, there is a classic French garden with 960 square metres (10,300 sq ft), besides in the original project the space would be a hall surrounded by columns in Corinthian style and covered by stained glasses – but the lack of funds made unviable the majestic hall.[6]

Decay and new projects

Concluded in 1938, time when buses were already circulating in São Paulo, there was a certain decay in the use of trolleys and trains. The crash of New York Stock Exchange in 1929 and the end of the coffee monoculture hegemony affected São Paulo railways. Moreover, due to the construction of highways and faster locomotion by private cars and intermunicipal and interstate buses, the public stopped taking the FEPASA trains, new name of the bankrupt Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana. After akkm the trip was long and with huge delays, due to mechanical problems. Therefore, the glory days of the station didn't last long. In 1951, it was renamed after the former President of the State of São Paulo, Júlio Prestes.[7]

The station was abandoned a little time later. In the 1990s, Governor Mário Covas, attending a request of the maestro of the São Paulo Symphonic Orchestra, John Neschling, decided to restore the station in a way that the place where the gardens were located could be converted in a concert room, Sala São Paulo. The technical complexity to transform the station in a concert room required the collaboration of a large team. It was needed to analyze the criteria for the transformation and recovery of the building, preserving the existing historical site and discussing architectural, material, structural and technical questions, required for the consolidation of a concert room according to the requirements of acoustic and environmental isolations.

Besides the concert room, the station is also used for public transportation. Originally a start point for FEPASA South and West lines, currently attends the CPTM Line 8-Diamond trains, which has Itapevi and Amador Bueno as terminus stations. The station is also head office for the São Paulo State Secretariat of Culture.

At the request of CPTM, CONDEPHAAT approved a project of internal connection between Júlio Prestes and Luz stations, with the construction of a tunnel or passarela of approximately 200 metres (660 ft), with the objective relieve the demand on Luz station, which has two lines that connect with the Metro, while Júlio Prestes is terminus only for Line 8-Diamond.[8]

Touristic spot

Júlio Prestes Station is considered one of the main touristic spots in São Paulo, as much because of the architectural structure, as the historical location in its surroundings. Among them: Pinacoteca, where Walter Way Library can be found; the Resistance Memorial, which has records from the Military Regime; and the Museum of the Portuguese Language, which caught fire on December 2015. In the outside of the station, it's located Praça Júlio Prestes, where it is possible to see the bronze statue of Alfredo Maia, made by the sculptor Amadeu Zani.[9]

  • Platforms of Júlio Prestes Station in 2013
    Platforms of Júlio Prestes Station in 2013
  • Júlio Prestes Station in 2013
    Júlio Prestes Station in 2013
  • Entrance of the cultural room
    Entrance of the cultural room
  • Side view of the station
    Side view of the station
  • Ticket office of the station
    Ticket office of the station

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Estação Júlio Prestes.

References

  1. ^ "Estação Júlio Prestes" (in Portuguese). Governo do Estado de São Paulo. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  2. ^ Tomazela, José (10 July 2015). "Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana era inaugurada há 140 anos" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  3. ^ de Oliveira, Abrahão (3 May 2014). "Uma Imponente Parada de Trem - A Estação Júlio Prestes" (in Portuguese). São Paulo In Foco. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Sala São Paulo de Concertos" (PDF). Revista Mackenzie. No. 47. Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. pp. 14–15. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Estação Júlio Prestes" (in Portuguese). Governo do Estado de São Paulo. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  6. ^ "A cidade que se descobre". Veja São Paulo (in Portuguese). Editora Abril. 3 October 1985. pp. 24–25. ISSN 0100-7122.
  7. ^ Mennucci Giesbrecht, Ralph. "Júlio Prestes" (in Portuguese). Estações Ferroviárias do Brasil. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  8. ^ Meier, Ricardo (18 July 2016). "Ligação entre estações Luz e Júlio Prestes é aprovada pelo Condephaat" (in Portuguese). Metrô CPTM. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Estação Júlio Prestes" (in Portuguese). Guia da Semana. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
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