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Report: “Venice is completely privatized”. From a pearl of culture to a great expanse of real estate for a few

October 9, 2021

Urbanist Paola Somma, a former professor at IUAV, releases a controversial analysis. The turnaround in the management of spaces over the last twenty years is examined By Enrico Tantucci 8 Oct. 2021 The Analysis Venice is lost. Over twenty years of a systematic selloff of its buildings to private, for-profit entities have gradually emptied it … More Report: “Venice is completely privatized”. From a pearl of culture to a great expanse of real estate for a few

Grandi Navi Out. To Remain in the Lagoon

April 16, 2021

The government finally recognizes the incompatibility of the transit of cruise ships in the lagoon environment. At the same it takes two steps back: a contest of ideas and the decision – in the meantime – to bring to the ships to Marghera where a provisionally definitive port will be set up. By Giovanni Leone … More Grandi Navi Out. To Remain in the Lagoon

This is how culture in Venice is killed. An appeal in defense of the City Museums

January 2, 2021

We’re left speechless by Luigi Brugnaro’s drastic decision to close the city’s museum system, classifying it as a service that functions exclusively for tourism. With our initiative here we invite the Mayor to revisit his decisions and to promote an open discussion. By Ytali 2 January 2021 The City Museums of Venice will remain closed … More This is how culture in Venice is killed. An appeal in defense of the City Museums

Venice? Here! A View from the Sestiere, by Giovanni Leone

December 4, 2020

Venice? Here! 30 November 2020 By Giovanni Leone VENICE. I write as an inhabitant of Venice, but also as President of the Social Promotion Association Do.VE (Dorsoduro Venezia), which is made up of shopkeepers (not only of glass objects or other items for tourists but starting from those in the neighborhood such as the baker, … More Venice? Here! A View from the Sestiere, by Giovanni Leone

Venice. The harbor front.

August 30, 2020

The demonstration at Punta della Dogana fits usefully into the electoral climate, because it presents the positions of the economic sectors that have been most penalized by the sudden and drastic reduction in the number of tourists. By Giovanni Leone 28 August 2020 [Ed. Note: on 28 August, Venice Port workers and water transportation drivers … More Venice. The harbor front.

Venice. From overtourism to sustainable tourism

April 26, 2020

It’s up to us to decide how to start again: do we want to decisively turn the page, taking a path of sustainability, or would we rather pretend we can go back to like before, wasting an historic and perhaps unrepeatable opportunity to save a millennial city? By Stefano Croce 24 April 2020 It’s nice … More Venice. From overtourism to sustainable tourism

Coronavirus. The crisis that can save Venice

March 6, 2020

When the virus emergency ends, will tourism still be the city’s only economic engine? The emptiness of recent days has given the city back to its residents. Isn’t this what many of us Veneziani want when we feel suffocated by the hordes of tourists? Sure, but when the crisis is over the void of these … More Coronavirus. The crisis that can save Venice

A Challenge to Brugnaro. A project, not a name

January 31, 2020

Un’Altra Città Possibile proposes a path forward in view of the upcoming election for the Mayor of Venice By Giovanni Leone 30 January 2020 “Out with the names” is the request of both the right and the left. Not that we are going to love and agree with the right, but them not having yet … More A Challenge to Brugnaro. A project, not a name

VENICE YESTERDAY, TODAY… AND TOMORROW? By Stefano Croce

November 29, 2019

28 Nov. 2019 Until recently living in Venice was perhaps inconvenient, but it was wonderful: a city on a human scale, no traffic, little pollution and an incredible social security, even at night, because everyone knew each other and there was a widespread neighborhood watch. It was a city where the children played in … More VENICE YESTERDAY, TODAY… AND TOMORROW? By Stefano Croce

Acqua Alta. Created by man. By Petra Reski

November 18, 2019

Acqua Alta. Created by man. By Petra Reski 14 November 2019 It’s the ultimate nightmare. 30 years in Venice and I have never before seen an acqua alta of this sort. At 11:30 PM it reached its maximum level: 1.87 meters, just below the record peak reached during the catastrophic “Acqua granda” of 1966, as … More Acqua Alta. Created by man. By Petra Reski

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