Category: Loss of Population and Urban Fabric

Flashmob by Gruppo 25 Aprile: “SOS Venezia” on white sheets across the city

July 23, 2021

Flashmob today by activists from the group in symbolic locations of the economic and political institutions: City, Region, former Magistrate of Waters, the ex gasometri and viale San Marco. “A response to yet another postponed decision by UNESCO, which seems to focus only on cruise ships, while there are many more unresolved problems” 22 July … More Flashmob by Gruppo 25 Aprile: “SOS Venezia” on white sheets across the city

Venice is alive, but asks for help. A new book by Calabi for Rialto

June 4, 2021

Venice is alive, but asks for help. A new book by Calabi for Rialto By Vera Mantengoli 4 June 2021 VENEZIA French publisher Liana Levi, Italian by birth, knows Venice very well. But the last time she visited she was struck by a banner hanging at the Rialto Market. A large white sign with writing … More Venice is alive, but asks for help. A new book by Calabi for Rialto

“The decline in residents concerns the whole Municipality”. A Commission has been called for early May

April 17, 2021

Councilor Gasparinetti: “We need solutions to keep people from moving away, the demand for homes here is strong”. Venturini: “The ERP call for applications assigned more than 50 homes to those who were entitled”. There has also been a complaint filed with the Corte dei Conti By Antonella Gasparini 13 April, 2021 Mestre and the … More “The decline in residents concerns the whole Municipality”. A Commission has been called for early May

Venice falls below 51 thousand inhabitants: the city is now losing three residents a day

April 11, 2021

Data from early April published by “Venessia.com”: as of 9 April there were 50,992 residents, and the curve seems to be accelerating By Enrico Tantucci 11 April 2021 VENEZIA. The threshold of 51 thousand has been smashed. Venice continues, with a seemingly inexorable slope, to lose residents, and the statistical data commendably recorded on the … More Venice falls below 51 thousand inhabitants: the city is now losing three residents a day

From the Island of Certosa to the Alberoni Reserve, what happens to the public properties of Venice

April 2, 2021

In the Lagoon, projects for redeveloping abandoned natural areas, entrusted to private companies in partnership with the City, can jeopardize their use by the citizens by making them exclusive. By Marta Facchini 1 April 2021 “The island of Certosa is everyone’s heritage. Now the risk we see is that it becomes a place dedicated only … More From the Island of Certosa to the Alberoni Reserve, what happens to the public properties of Venice

Ten Thousand homes are empty, and one in five is public housing

February 5, 2021

“Active policies are required to encourage the settlement of new residents: otherwise the social fabric will be extinguished”   By Vera Mantengoli 4 February 2021 It has always been a problem and the solution has not yet been found. We are talking about housing and how it is always more and more difficult for a … More Ten Thousand homes are empty, and one in five is public housing

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

Virus and high rents, Venetian artisans cry for help: “We cannot go on this way”

October 31, 2020

De Checchi: “The City must intervene decisively”. Chairman Costalonga: “Ready to open a roundtable” By Vera Mantengoli 28 October 2020 VENEZIA. Coronavirus and high rents are for Confartigianato (the artisan’s association) a lethal mix, delivering the final blow to Venice. The script is always this: zero tourists, employees with no future, owners who don’t lower … More Virus and high rents, Venetian artisans cry for help: “We cannot go on this way”

Piazza San Marco “crumbling” – historic stores Venini and Pagan close

October 1, 2020

The two brands, present for over a hundred years, have not survived the tourism crisis. The attorney for the leather goods store Pagan: “the owner wants 9,000 Euro a month in rent” By Vera Mantengoli 29 September 2020 VENEZIA. A few tourists take pictures with the pigeons and at the cafe tables some clients listen … More Piazza San Marco “crumbling” – historic stores Venini and Pagan close

UNESCO to Venice: stop the exodus of residents

August 27, 2020

The organization also criticizes the sale of public buildings by the City without restrictions on type of use. By Enrico Tantucci 24 August 2020 VENEZIA. Stop the exodus and increase the number of residents in Venice, with new policies to facilitate acquiring housing and a job that is outside the tourism sector. Among the fifty … More UNESCO to Venice: stop the exodus of residents