A Renaissance Capital Imperiled by Modernity

March 25, 2017 · magazine_repost, Venice, Carroll William Westfall

If Venice dies, we will be left with nothing but the dozens of cities and suburbs with Venice in their name and Disney-like replicas in Las Vegas, Dubai, and Chongqing, along with yet another being proposed right next to Venice itself. If Venice dies, the world would lose “an unbearable challenge…

Blind Venetians

March 24, 2017 · Venice, Carroll William Westfall, Magazine

If Venice dies, we will be left with nothing but the dozens of cities and suburbs with Venice in their name and Disney-like replicas in Las Vegas, Dubai, and Chongqing, along with yet another being proposed right next to Venice itself. If Venice dies, the world would lose “an unbearable challenge…