Rita Lee Park is an space of 36 thousand sq. meters that will probably be remodeled right into a pure public park
Sao Paulo-SP
Singer-songwriter Rita Lee, who died on the age of 75 on Might 8, grew to become the identify of a park in Rio de Janeiro.
The Rio Metropolis Corridor revealed within the Official Gazette, on Wednesday (24), a decree that officializes the identify of the artist for the Olympic boulevard, positioned contained in the Olympic Park, in Barra da Tijuca, west of the town.
Rita Lee Park is an space of 36,000 sq. meters that will probably be remodeled right into a pure public park. Work started in February this 12 months.
In recent times, the house has acquired the rock metropolis of Rock In Rio.
Within the decree, the town corridor highlighted Rita’s irreverent and libertarian profile and her ardour for Rio.
The park will probably be on a route that connects the primary areas of the park – arenas, terraces and an esplanade for occasions in entrance of the Jacarepaguá lagoon.
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There will even be a forest with 900 timber and 16 thousand shrubs, sports activities courts, squares, skate park, moist sq. and coloured flooring.
In São Paulo, followers name the planetarium at Ibirapuera Park Rita Lee, though there isn’t a such official homage. The singer was veiled on the website by household, pals and followers.
In response to certainly one of her sons, João Lee, the artist had an in depth relationship with the park, the place she had picnics along with her household.
“The planetarium at Ibirapuera was a weekly should, and after the session, a banana-split on the cafeteria subsequent door”, wrote the singer in her first autobiography.
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Journalist and editor Guilherme Samora, a pal of Rita and contributor to her memoirs, advocates that an avenue in São Paulo be named after her and cites Avenida Paulista.
