In 1750, the governor of Santa Catarina, Manoel Escudeiro de Souza, received orders to send to Porto do Viamão part of the couples who were about to arrive from the Azores to colonize the south of the country.

This acceleration, lasting until the mid-1930s, was known as the golden phase of Porto Alegre architecture, renewing the urban landscape according to the aesthetics of eclecticism, which, influenced by the prestigious German community, was quickly imitated by the elites for the construction of their new palaces.

That was when some of the capital's most significant and luxurious public buildings were erected, some loaded with ethical, social and political symbolism, which were most conspicuously revealed in the allegorical decoration of the façades.

The 1950s were the heyday of the Center of Porto Alegre; it was already densely built and had Rua da Praia as the main catwalk for the elite, transformed from a wholesaler's point into an elegant shopping area, also attracting the installation of numerous cafes, patisseries, cinemas and restaurants.

Thompson Flores, taking over City Hall in 1969, carried out a government characterized by major works, especially in the area of transport, favored by the economic boom of the Brazilian Miracle.

He built large viaducts, but the technical approach to the projects as a rule disregarded the popular will in prioritizing investments and elementary aspects of urban landscaping, and in this progressive zeal, numerous old buildings disappeared, some of great historical and architectural significance.