On September 4, 2016 the first e-mails that started Campaign For A Living Venice were sent out. As is almost always the case with such things, the distance of a year presents an opportunity to reflect, which, with your kind indulgence, I will so do on this page. I began learning about current affairs in … More CFLV marks one year anniversary
“La Città, lo salveremo noi!” “It is we who will save the City!” – Marco Gasparinetti, Gruppo25Aprile Statement by Giovanni Andrea Martini, President of the Municipality of Venezia, Murano, Burano I’d like to report some ideas which I proposed yesterday during the thrilling evening of open-air cinema at San Polo. I do so because I … More Venice Municipal President Andrea Martini lists initiatives for the City to a crowded Campo San Polo.
The following article does a great job explaining the history behind tomorrow’s filming of Yuppi Du, as well as what the effort means to the citizens of Venice. This line from the piece provides an accurate – and stirring – synopsis: “To be out in the open in one’s own city, to see a film … More Open Air Cinema on Aug. 29 in Campo San Polo; the cultural and civic importance of citizens bringing back a beloved tradition.
What follows is the text of the Press Release issued by Gruppo 25 Aprile regarding their initiative to bring back the tradition, sorely missed by the citizens of Venice, of open-air cinema in Campo San Polo. The initiative is the result of public/private cooperation between, Gruppo 25 Aprile, the Municipality of Venezia-Murano-Burano and film studio … More Open-air Cinema returns to Campo San Polo; one of the 20 Proposals from Ateneo Veneto in January is brought to life by public/private cooperation.
For the Undersecretary of Cultural Heritage there is no “conspiracy” but rather a tourism emergency. “Operational decisions from the Mayor are required and there is still no agreement regarding the Cruise Ships” By Enrico Tantucci “I am sorry to have to say they are right, but it is evident that already even the world’s public … More Undersecretary of Cultural Heritage Borletti responds to foreign media coverage of Venice: “Personally I don’t see conspiracies”
In recent week reports about tourism and cruise ship pollution have come out from The Guardian and the BBC in England, as well as PBS, CNN, the New York Times in the US and also Reuters. The resoundingly negative coverage prompted Venice Tourism Assessor Paola Mar to suggest that the string of articles was somehow … More English media coverage of Venice and tourism causes furor – Mar cries “Conspiracy”
Who knows what passes through people’s heads when they arrive in Venice. Would it be a sense of impunity? Or a misguided perception that “everything goes”? Somewhere there is a reason, or an impulse, if “normal” people in everyday life feel as though they are stars in a circus as soon as they arrive in … More Venice, the most recent stunts: climbing monuments on video while the parents applaud
VENICE: Back in the summer of 2016 in Venice, the comments regarding a crude and uncultured tourism were wasted, believing that things had hit bottom, and affirming that bad taste had crossed all limits. Photographs and video have immortalized without pity (for our city) swims in the canals, people relieving themselves on the streets, sleeping … More VeneziaLand, the final frontier: diving off the Ponte di Calatrava
Motorboat taxis everywhere and minimal controls. Even the boat operators are complaining, and are requesting the Mayor’s intervention. By Alberto Vitucci, 8 July 2017 Motorboat traffic emergency. And the Canal Grande reduced to a highway. With taxis at high speed that run around everywhere. It is these same operators who are now sounding the alarm. … More Motor Boat traffic at record levels, alarm in Venice
While the way seems clear for the referendum to separate Venice and Mestre to be held in conjunction with the referendum for Veneto autonomy (on 22 October 2017), political forces led by Luigi Brugnaro and Renato Brunetta are working hard to ensure that the effort fails. Not content with challenges in the courts, these forces … More Separation of Venice and Mestre: a former City Council member decries “inaccuracy and lies” from the opposition
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