How we work

The San Siro community

The site is the archive of a community: those who live around the crossroads of via Novara and via San Giusto, those who work there, those who go to the stadium, the racecourse, San Carlo or the parks. It meets on the Facebook page «San Siro e dintorni», and that is where the memories, family photographs and reports come from that make the story more complete.

Who is part of it

Those who live the area, every day or one evening a year

Diagram

How a memory enters the archive

A memory is a record of what a person lived through: it is published as such, word for word, and does not take the place of the sources.

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From the community

Memories already in the archive

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The whole memory, in The stories

In photographs

The people of the area, over a century

Racecourse, March 1910 Spectators at the wooden loggia, ten years before the official opening. Author unidentified · local Facebook groups of the area and of old Milan · low resolution, for documentation
Harar, 1950–60 Adults playing football on the lawn between the long blocks, washing on the galleries. Paolo Monti · BEIC / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Palazzo dello Sport, 1978 The stands full for the Ramazzotti Cup tennis. Author unidentified · local Facebook groups of the area and of old Milan · low resolution, for documentation
Cava Aurora, 2007 Anglers on the bank, in the Parco delle Cave. Riccardo De Benedictis · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5

Each photograph links to its record. The others are in Photographs.

For those who live here

The area, page by page

For those who live, work or pass through San Siro: where to find on the site what you need, from how to reach the crossroads to what is happening this week.

Getting around → Metro, tram, bus and parking, starting from the crossroads. What’s on → Matches, concerts and events at the stadium and in the area, with the archive of past ones. The news → The area’s press review, every day, with links to the articles. Green space → Trenno, Monte Stella, Boscoincittà and the Parco delle Cave: where to go and how to get there. Places and festivals → The places to see, the festivals and the traditions of the neighbourhood. What will change → New stadium, Santa Barbara and Piazza d’Armi: the projects and how far they have got. The stories → The neighbourhood told chapter by chapter, with the memories of the community. The photographs → The catalogue of the area’s period images, each with its provenance.

On social media

Tag us when you tell the story of the area

A match, a concert, a run on Monte Stella, the market, a sunset over the stands: if you post it, tag @sansiro.it on Instagram or San Siro e dintorni on Facebook. It applies to posts, reels, videos and stories.

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FacebookSan Siro e dintorni

A tag does not give permission to republish: if your content could enter the archive, you are asked first, and it is published with your consent and the name you choose.

Taking part

Write to the Facebook page

Memories, photographs, documented corrections and removal requests all come from the same place: the page «San Siro e dintorni». The site collects no data and has no forms.

Write to «San Siro e dintorni»

Sources for this page

San Siro e dintorni · Facebook The community’s memories and reports come from the page facebook.com/sansiro.it and are published word for word, with the consent of those who tell them.
Esri World Imagery Satellite image of the crossroads at the top of the page: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics and the GIS user community.
San Siro e dintorni · this site The pages linked in «For those who live here»: every fact cited there carries its sources, on the page itself.

The full directory of official sources, with the selection criteria, is in Method.

What this page rests on

Every fact is checked against at least two independent sources and, where one exists, the official source. The press review and the calendar are updated every day. The community’s memories are published as memories, with the consent of those who tell them, and do not replace the sources. The criterion is in Method.