The words of the area
What things
are called, here
It helps to recognise places, date images and not confuse one venue with another. It does not replace the archive: every value should be compared with the source. Only entries that stand on at least two sources are here.
Why a glossary · 1920s
Stadium and racecourse, 1920s postcard
On the left the 1926 stands, on the right the flat-racing course. Two show machines in open country, north of the line of via Novara. PD-Italy.
Stadium and racecourse, in the 1920s, in the same frame. The Trotter is the trotting track, and it is at Turro: it is not this one.
Unknown · Wikimedia Commons · PD-Italy · original record
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The entries come from the archive’s working glossary, with the source given inside the definition. Where sources do not agree the primary source prevails; if it does not decide, the disputed detail is not written.
From the satellite
The words that are places
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How the glossary is built
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One entry, two areas: the GFU
The Grande Funzione Urbana is a city-scale area to be transformed with a single project. There are two around the crossroads. The squares are in proportion to each other; the figures are those of the two pages.
To watch
Three glossary entries, on video
The stadium, the flat-racing course and QT8 are three of the most searched entries. Here you see them as they are today.
From the photo collection
The places of the glossary, in photographs
All records in the photo collection.
Where it continues
Sources for this page
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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.
Two independent sources
Dates, measurements and names go through at least two sources that do not copy each other. Where it exists, we go to the original: the deed, the archive, the body that owns it. What appears in only one place waits.
One version only
If two sources disagree, the original document prevails. If even that is not enough, only the part they agree on is written: the year, for example, instead of the day.
Updated every day
The press review and calendar are updated every day. Everything else changes when a new document turns up, and then it changes everywhere at once.
From the community
Many memories, family photographs and tips come from people who live here, writing to the Facebook page. They are published only if the sender agrees. How to take part: Community.
Everything traceable
Sources are listed above and on the page Sources, with archive, shelfmark and terms of use.
No interpretation passed off as fact
An approximate figure stays approximate, a project stays a project until construction starts, and whatever does not add up stays out. The criteria are in Method.