ABSTRACT
In the process of urban expansion suffered by the city of São Paulo since the second half of the 19th century, due to the development of the coffee economy and the insertion of the state of São Paulo in the exporting market-driven initiatives and expertise of zoning uses and functions have been adopted with the aim to adapt the state capital to the new role. So, part of housing and of segments of commerce, workshops, factories and services less noble gravitated towards the nearby neighborhoods to the central perimeter. This essay aims to know and understand how the Bexiga if entered in reespacialização social movement and urban functions-its role in the reconfiguration of the city - as well as their connections with the wider urban area.
KEYWORDS
São Paulo; urbanization; neighborhoods; job; functions