Eric Olsen wrote:
> It follows the same principle used in medieval Venice to hang shops out over
> waterways without depending on pilings that could be destroyed by flood,
> therefore the trick is named after the original "Ponte Vecchio".
<nitpick> Ponte Vecchio is in Florence, not Venice.... the one in Venice
which
has shops all over it is the Rialto - see pic:
(...) Looking at some pictures, it sure seems that Il Ponte Vecchio rests on pilings. I found (URL) to have some nice drawings. Ours here in Kew Gardens hasn't got any arches. My book says there are several more in the U.S. but the author does not (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
"Ponte Vecchio" The idea of building a model of my home village of Kew Gardens (New York) has been growing on me for quite some time. It is a diverse lot of residential styles including Anglophile medieval half-timbered houses, bits of castles, Jazz (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
