[specify][2] Originally, the region of the city which comprises today's Consolação was inhabited by the Jesuits and was called Sesmaria do Pacaembu.

Also, being far from the Luz train station and out of the old city center, it was much quieter and cleaner, giving it the name Higienópolis, 'City of Hygiene', also the name of an avenue in the district.

Buenos Aires Park is a small region of the neighborhood where one can see a large variety of tropical plants and trees, if only to get away from the noise and pollution of the streets.

These include Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP), Mackenzie Presbyterian University, the São Paulo Foundation School of Sociology and Politics, Cultura Inglesa (an English language and culture school), the French Alliance, and the Central University of Maria Antonia.

[2] The main Street of the district is called Rua da Consolação, which connects São Paulo's downtown to Rebouças, Paulista and Doutor Arnaldo Avenues, and has a bus corridor serving mainly North and Southbound buses across São Paulo.