Part of the square was refurbished five years ago, now is the other half of Piazza del Municipio which is changing face. This area, mostly a parking lot between Palazzo Comunale (Town Hall) and Palazzo Granducale, will become a “pedestrian zone” with some green, palm trees, and a lot of speeding bicycles.
We are usually wary of new works: in fact they already stopped for a month because the planning was wrong...
See also: Work in Progress - Town Hall - Palazzo Granducale - Piazza del Municipio - Municipal Building - Town Hall Facade
This is the regular state of affairs here. Delays, though, tend to be few and short-lived, probably because of the oftentimes arduous permits process.
ReplyDeleteOne never know what can be found under an old plaza. Hope it works out well. I rather like speeding bicycles, but that's just me.
ReplyDeleteBusy builders.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope it's soon finished and will match well with the rest of the area completed all those years ago.
ReplyDeleteThank you, VP! And, I'm sorry, I had to laugh at the last line of your post :-)
ReplyDeleteIt will be an interesting contrast - the calming palm trees and the crazy cyclists!
ReplyDeleteI like your shots VP. Hopefully they can finish it soon.
ReplyDeleteBoia dè hanno incominciato proprio oggi, che dovevo fare il pieno di corrente alla politoys
ReplyDeleteI wish our planners were as careful as yours VP, I think your new square will be lovely and in keeping with the style of surrounding architecture.. can't wait to see when it's fini.
ReplyDeleteI have to laugh...your city seems as screwed up as ours is! We cut down absolutely gorgeous old trees on a beautiful country lane to make the road larger which means more cars and pollution and ugliness.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of this plaza - the speeding bicycles not so much. (Probably better than speeding cars, though. And you ought to see the crazy, speeding golf carts in The Villages!)
Sounds great especially with the speeding bikes!
ReplyDeleteWe will have to see what the final product looks like!
ReplyDeleteIt will be nice in front of that beautiful building!
ReplyDeleteI, too, am looking forward to images of the finished project. :)
ReplyDeleteThe planning was wrong? Oi. I'm glad they realized that in time.
ReplyDeleteGood luck.
I'm sure it'll be really nice once it's finished. Speeding bicycles can't be worse than elsewhere...
ReplyDeleteI like the building (Town Hall) and I hope it is going to look nice when they finished. Probably smart to do it now, before it gets too hot and too many tourists are coming to Livorno.
ReplyDeleteA new pedestrian zone is good !
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