Author: campaignforalivingvenice

“Save Yourself While You Still Can”. Drugs and Poverty Mark New Year in Brugnaro’s Mestre.

January 7, 2024

“Battisti Elementary has a view right onto Via Dante, the pedestrian and cycle road that leads to the underpass to Marghera, which is often a meeting place for drug dealers and users. An emblematic message has appeared on the walls of the underpass in recent days: ‘Mestre is a condemnation. If you’re going there, save … More “Save Yourself While You Still Can”. Drugs and Poverty Mark New Year in Brugnaro’s Mestre.

New Restrictions on Tourist Groups Coming in Venice: Limit of 25 People and a Ban on Megaphones

January 1, 2024

Guides will no longer be able to use small megaphones but only systems with earphones. Guides Association: “This is the right choice, but the important thing is the ability to enforce it” By Carlo Mion December 31, 2023 Tour groups with guides in Venice can have no more than 25 people. This was decided by … More New Restrictions on Tourist Groups Coming in Venice: Limit of 25 People and a Ban on Megaphones

Venice: Excavation of the Vittorio Emanuele Canal Inserted in New UNESCO Management Plan

December 16, 2023

The entry fee is also included in the document, which is scheduled to be approved in January. Italia Nostra and the opposition have written to the Municipality to ask that the discussion be made public and that there be more involvement from the citizens, but have received no response By P. Baron December 14, 2023 … More Venice: Excavation of the Vittorio Emanuele Canal Inserted in New UNESCO Management Plan

“Not a Real Housing Plan, but Propaganda”

December 9, 2023

Opposition parties speak out against the Brugnaro administration’s three-year plan for the restoration of 538 vacant public housing units: “A strategy is required” By Maria Ducoli December 8, 2023 Everyone agrees, minority parties and associations, in saying that what was presented last Tuesday by commissioners Michele Zuin and Simone Venturini “is not a Housing Plan”, … More “Not a Real Housing Plan, but Propaganda”

The Fodor’s guide fails Venice. “Don’t go, because it’s too crowded and because of motorboat waves”

December 1, 2023

“Overtourism”. The American publishing house most followed by “quality” tourists puts the Serenissima in first place among the travel destinations to avoid in 2024. “The entrance fee will not work” By Eugenio Pendolini December 1, 2023 A travel guide publisher rejecting and advising against going to some of the most visited tourist destinations in the … More The Fodor’s guide fails Venice. “Don’t go, because it’s too crowded and because of motorboat waves”

The “Urban Degeneration” that Makes Living in Venice Even More Difficult

November 25, 2023

Bars and restaurants invade campos and calli and drive out local services and shops. Every Venetian leaving home sees how the city is being transformed: considerations starting from the changes in the storefronts in Campo San Giacomo da l’Orio By Mario Santi November 18, 2023 On the corner that goes from the campo to Calle … More The “Urban Degeneration” that Makes Living in Venice Even More Difficult

A Phenomenology of Short-term Tourist Rentals, by OCIO

November 17, 2023

A Phenomenology of Short-term Tourist Rentals. What are we talking about when we call for their regulation? For years OCIO (Civic Observatory on housing and residential populations) has argued for the need to regulate short-term tourist rentals to protect residential populations and combat the lack of sustainably priced housing on the residential market. Despite several … More A Phenomenology of Short-term Tourist Rentals, by OCIO

Venice and the Poisons of the Small Canal. Study Reveals the Dangers of the Vittorio Emanuele Excavation

November 11, 2023

Analyses conducted by the University of Padua and Ca’ Foscari on mollusks reveal that there are poisons in quantities 120 times higher than in the rest of the lagoon on the bottom of the canal that will be excavated to allow cruise ship to enter. And any excavation method will release them into the waters … More Venice and the Poisons of the Small Canal. Study Reveals the Dangers of the Vittorio Emanuele Excavation

MoSE: Economic Benefits are 10 Times Higher Than the Costs

November 4, 2023

Brunetta: “Not only is there the economic damage avoided but there are also advantages that concern the life of the city” A report recently estimated that the direct economic damage caused by acqua alta to the Venetian economic system would range between 211 and 464 million euros annually without MoSE in operation. By Enrico Tantucci … More MoSE: Economic Benefits are 10 Times Higher Than the Costs