at a glance

Since the late twentieth century, a process has been underway for the revitalization and transformation of the form and content of buildings in the area. The dynamics of the gentrification process are a combined product of the recovery of rows of homes and their use by artists, groups and cultural institutions, with the public policies and projects lately implemented in the interests of tourism, and real estate capital and commercial enterprise. nowadays, it is possible to identify a highly successful marketing strategy, presenting Lapa as a bohemian place with a buzzing nightlife, to the detriment of dozens of daytime artistic and cultural activities that have contributed so much to the process of revitalization of the Lapa neighborhood.