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It’s a tourist-heavy footbridge designed by one of the most prolific architects of our time, and it’s about to get a new look: The glass floor of Venice’s Ponte della Costituzione—Constitution Bridge ...
With more than 390 overpasses connecting the small islands that make up Venice, bridges are some of the most prominent landmarks in the Floating City. But unfortunately, the functionality of one of ...
Venetian authorities have designs to replace the glass underfoot on a star architect’s slippery bridge, The New York Times reported Sunday, following years of pedestrian spills. The glass on the Ponte ...
The slick tempered-glass panels of Santiago Calatrava’s Ponte della Costituzione have fractured at least two people’s bones. Photo: Mondadori Portfolio/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images The bridge, ...
An Italian court has fined Santiago Calatrava €78,000 for negligence during the design of the glass and steel Ponte della Costituzione over the Grand Canal in Venice. The Court of Auditors ruled that ...
The city of Venice has decided to replace the glass on Santiago Calatrava’s Ponte della Costituzione with stone, as the slick surface was the cause of numerous incidents. The decision comes after ...
VENICE — As tourists wandered obliviously on the glass floor of the footbridge, locals proceeded with caution. Venetians made sure to walk on the narrow stone strip at the center, some lifting fogged ...
Venice’s Ponte della Costituzione pictured in 2017. The now-dismantled lift cabin can be seen on the far end of the bridge. (Fred Romero/Flickr/CC BY 2.0) The winter months can be especially perilous ...
To onlookers, it might have seemed like another remake of the classic 1969 film The Italian Job, where Mini Coopers hare around Turin and hurtle down church steps. But the car seen speeding across a ...
Venice Bridge Will Be De-Calatrava’d to Stop Pedestrians From Face-plantingThe tempered-glass bridge that caused “almost daily” falls, breaking at least two people’s bones, will finally be replaced ...
The city will replace the glass on Santiago Calatrava’s footbridge across the Grand Canal with stone after too many pedestrians fell. By Emma Bubola VENICE — As tourists wandered obliviously on the ...