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Title: Sight-seeing in South America
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Frizell, William Givens, 1866- (from old catalog) Greenfield, George Henry, 1873-
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Publisher: (Dayton, Ohio, The Utterbein press)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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d in all buildings here constructed.The Avenida is one hundred and eight feet wide and oneand an eighth miles long. In the center are ovals forflowers, plants, and trees. Electric and gas lights onartistic poles combine to make the night as glorious asthe day. Mosaic sidewalks extend the entire length oneach side. White and black flint stone from Portugalform various designs, wrought by Portuguese workmen. Rio is the federal capital. To beautify it and make itthe most attractive city of the world, the governmenthas contracted a debt of over $50,000,000. Besides thehouses demolished on the Avenida Central, eleven hun-dred more are to be torn down. In some places streetsare being made where no streets before had been. Tobuild one avenue an entire hill had to be removed. Itis a rapid transition from the old to the new. Nothinghas stood in the way of progress, and the work stillcontinues. Modern municipal and private buildings and monu-ments grace the Avenida. In the center of the avenue,
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190 Sight-Seeing in South America near the bay, is a granite obelisk, erected to commemor-ate its opening. On it are inscribed these words: Inau-guracao de Avenida Central de 15 Novembro de 1905.At the extreme end of the Avenida, facing the bay, isthe well-known Monroe Palace, standing jnst as it did atthe St. Louis Exposition, from which it was removed toRio. It is highly stuccoed, but has marble steps. Brazil

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