Category: Loss of Population and Urban Fabric

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

Political controversy about the Ex-Gasometri project

July 24, 2020

The Comitato Ex-Gasometri asks: “If Holler asks for a zoning variance for tourist residences, how will Mayor Brugnaro respond? July 24, 2020 VENEZIA. A clear response from the city administration: that is what has been formally requested by the Comitato Ex-Gasometri, an organization made up of students, residents and associations that has the goal of … More Political controversy about the Ex-Gasometri project

At Murano, an emergency: the “I am Murano” movement

June 26, 2020

Murano is now an emergency: the “Io sono Murano” movement 26 June, 2020 By Giorgia Pradolin Murano and its glass are in an emergency. The economic crisis on the island began about twenty years ago, with a tourism that became less and less wealthy, and in the aftermath of the coronavirus emergency the stores, the … More At Murano, an emergency: the “I am Murano” movement

“Nothing changes if you change nothing” Two demonstrations bring out crowds of concerned – and distanced – Venetians.

June 6, 2020

On Monday, June 1 we met at 2 PM in campo SS. Giovanni e Paolo and in campo San Francesco della vigna, forming two human chains converging towards Fondamenta Nuove, respecting health precautions (distancing and masks), two arms that met in a handshake at the fondamenta, near the hospital, an essential public service for the … More “Nothing changes if you change nothing” Two demonstrations bring out crowds of concerned – and distanced – Venetians.

Report on focus group project presents residents concerns in Venice and Mestre

May 1, 2020

The results of research done by candidate Martini together with sociologist Schiavon are presented. Among the points, the lack of skilled work and mass tourism By Eugenio Pendolini May 1, 2020 “Out of control construction is ugly, does harm and produces violence”. “Mestre and Marghera have potential but they must be developed. An industrial and … More Report on focus group project presents residents concerns in Venice and Mestre

ATER Venezia: the abandonment of public housing in the Historic City, 2011 – 2018

February 22, 2020

Author: Orazio Alberti, OCIO, Independent Observatory on Housing in Venice 4 February 2020 This article is an extract of a more detailed study that can be read at this link (in Italian). The material that we present here takes its cue from the “Walk to reclaim housing” promoted by OCIO, which took place in Castello … More ATER Venezia: the abandonment of public housing in the Historic City, 2011 – 2018

“The Rialto Market is now abandoned” Merchants show their fury at the Mayor

February 7, 2020

Mascari: “Money only goes the market in Mestre, the Mayor holds campaign rallies about security and then at night drug dealers and drunks rule” 6 February 2020 By Enrico Tantucci VENEZIA. The Rialto Market has been abandoned to itself, and the Mayor is standing by watching. The Council’s joint Culture-Commerce Commission that met yesterday was … More “The Rialto Market is now abandoned” Merchants show their fury at the Mayor