Magno listened as Joaquim spoke of his plans for his house — a fence over here, a pool over there — and nodded in resignation. This was the other Fordlândia, the real Fordlândia.

The entire plan for Fordlandia began as a conversation with Harvey Firestone, the founder of the Firestone tire brand, in 1927. Both industrialists were staring down a potential European rubber ...

"Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City " is Latin American historian Greg Grandin's account of the cities Ford, hoping to mass produce rubber for car tires, built in ...

Some of the houses in the American Village had suffered an “invasion” of squatters, they said. Another had been demolished. Late that afternoon, Magno walked Moutinho back to the port.

Amid the monkeys and macaws stand the overgrown ruins of an abandoned American suburb, complete with houses surrounded by white picket fences, fire hydrants and a golf course. It’s Pleasantville ...

Henry Ford built his what he considered his idealized city in the Amazon Rainforest, Fordlandia, but circumstances left it abandoned shortly afterward.

Some of the houses in the American Village had suffered an "invasion" of squatters, they said. Another had been demolished. Late that afternoon, Magno walked Moutinho back to the port.

A UTOPIAN city deep in the heart of the Amazon jungle has been left to crumble since it was abandoned at the end of World War II. Fordlandia was created by Henry Ford who took his revolutionary car… ...

But Fordlandia’s sleek, modern hospital has since been destroyed. A 2012 fire destroyed much of its furniture, and in the aftermath, plunderers made away with materials containing lead and ...

EXCLUSIVE: Henry Ford’s failed industrial town in the Amazon rainforest is the backdrop of a supernatural Brazilian TV drama. Fordlândia — Battle Between Worlds is in development at Diosual ...

Henry Ford's failed industrial town in the Amazon Rainforest Fordlandia is the backdrop of of a supernatural Brazilian TV drama.

A UTOPIAN city deep in the heart of the Amazon jungle has been left to crumble since it was abandoned at the end of World War II. Fordlandia was created by Henry Ford who took his revolutionary car… ...