SÃO PAULO · CITYSCAPE
Key Facts
—The headline: The São Paulo Times Square panels suspension came on Wednesday when Judge Celina Kiyomi Toyoshima granted a liminar halting the Boulevard São João project at the Avenida Ipiranga and Avenida São João intersection.
—The project: Four giant LED panels and one mapped projection were planned on five buildings near Bar Brahma, with private investment by Fábrica de Bares and LedWave set to reach roughly 48.6 million reais.
—The challenge: An ação popular brought by the São Paulo Institute of Architects, the IAB-SP, argued the project would violate the Lei Cidade Limpa visual-pollution rules and harm the surrounding heritage area.
