Omar O’Grady and the urban environment transformation of Natal during the 1920’s
| dc.contributor.author | Paulo de Medeiros, Gabriel Leopoldino | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-02-03T12:46:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-02-03T12:46:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description | Proceedings of the IV World Planning Schools Congress, July 3-8th, 2016 : Global crisis, planning and challenges to spatial justice in the north and in the south | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The city of Natal, capital of Rio Grande do Norte, faces during the 1920’s a massive changing process on its urban form, much of this thanks to the reorganization of its administration structures. These material transformations are based on the change of municipal government. In the year of 1924, the engineer Omar O’Grady, graduated in the Illinois Institute of Technology (USA) is elected as town’s new mayor and starts a period of urban improvements not seen yet during the first two decades of the 20th century. The improvement emphasis will take place over the pavement and opening of streets and public squares. Therefore, our study starts from the following research question – in which way O’Grady’s management contributed to the system of streets and roads development from 1924 to 1930, period in which he was ahead the City Hall? This paper, thus, intends to comprehend the administration strategies and the actions undertaken during this period of investment in urban infrastructure. The study is based on historical sources, especially, the official messages from the City Hall and reports from the main newspapers in circulation during the 1920’s. | |
| dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-85-7785-551-1 | |
| dc.identifier.pageNumber | 693-695 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14235/2521 | |
| dc.language.iso | English | en |
| dc.publisher | AESOP | en |
| dc.rights | openAccess | en |
| dc.rights.license | All Rights Reserved | en |
| dc.source | Proceedings of the IV World Planning Schools Congress, July 3-8th, 2016 : Global crisis, planning and challenges to spatial justice in the north and in the south | en |
| dc.title | Omar O’Grady and the urban environment transformation of Natal during the 1920’s | |
| dc.type | conferenceObject | en |
| dc.type.version | publishedVersion |