throughout this period of literary and intellectual effervescence, the city center of rio shone as protagonist of cultural pleasure and riches.

from the 1930s onwards however, it would no longer be the metropolitan city life that was celebrated by inhabitants and thinkers - the great influx of inhabitants from surrounding states, and the rest of the world, led to mass transformations in the cityscape, a migration that occur outwards from the center. 

copacabana, ipanema and leblon, which had previously been conceived of as exotic beach destinations, were becoming easily accessible and highly regarded residential locations.