Sao Paulo Map Art

São Paulo's map is defined by the Tietê River's sharp curves through the center, with the city expanding outward in concentric rings of radiating avenues from the historic downtown core. Avenida Paulista slices diagonally across the southern plateau as a spine of commerce and culture, while the grid of perpendicular streets breaks down into organic, hillside-following patterns as neighborhoods climb the surrounding Serra da Mantiqueira. The rio Pinheiros runs parallel to the Tietê, and both waterways are lined with elevated highways—Marginal Pinheiros and Marginal Tietê—that form the city's arterial skeleton.

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