Alguns dados sobre a participação do Engenheiro Samuel das Neves no plano de melhoramentos de São Paulo

Abstract

Some data on the participation of the engineer Samuel das Neves in Sâo Paulo's Improvements Plan. One of the outstanding professionals in São Paulo during the turn of the century was Bahia's agronomistengineer Samuel das Neves. His participation in the city's development occurred through his office, that projected and built hundreds of buildings, from simple to luxury residences, schools, hospitals, factory plants, offices, the first apartments building and penitentiary. His main performance was in São Paulo's Improvements plan in 1910. This work intends to demonstrate how Samuel das Neves represented the capitalist interests of that period, specially Count Prates, one of the biggest real state proprietary in São Paulo's center