# A door and a street -- walking Copacabana

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2018-12-29

architecture, bollard, brasil, brazil, copacabana, copacabana-beach, design, front-door, pedestrian-street, photoblog, planning, rio-de-janeiro, uncategorized

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Rio de Janeiro has some pretty spectacular entranceways. Here is one that I found today on Rua Duvivier in Copacabana:

![image](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/2bc26a8a4c1c5d435a1ac0fe3e06f404.jpg)![image](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/fc6df847669da7551b98000306140ff5.jpg)

It is a magical front door located exactly one block from the beach.

The other gem I stumbled upon today was Rua Carvalho de Mendonça, pictured here:

![image](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/4b007065d0a67bff360a608c4053ecb8.jpg)

Toward the left (above) is a narrow bollard-separated lane for cars. The rest of the right of way is dedicated to pedestrians and bicycles.

When I was there today the sun was shining and the retail was in full swing.

![image](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/69c872703f23c2bfc8fd25692e220cf1.jpg)

But perhaps my favorite thing about this street is the residential terraces sitting on top of the single storey “retail podiums.”

They add life (and eyes) to the street.

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/a-door-and-a-street-walking-copacabana)*