Then · From the farmhouses to 1955

Then · From the farmhouses to 1955 · San Siro & dintorni

Aerial view of San Siro looking east, 1955–59: the stadium with its second tier, the racecourse, the fields still open. — Then · From the farmhouses to 1955 San Siro looking east, 1955–59 Author unidentified · local Facebook groups of the area and of old Milan

Then · From the farmhouses to 1955 San Siro looking east, 1955–59 Author unidentified · local Facebook groups of the area and of old Milan

First the fields, then the housing

The meadow becomes a neighbourhood in a few years

Chronology

Eleven centuries, in order

Only documented dates, with the source alongside. Where two sources disagree the primary source prevails; if it does not settle the matter, the disputed detail is not written.

Density over time

Chapters

Photographs

The whole collection

To watch

The stadium and the road, as they were

Sources for this page

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What this page rests on

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Two independent sources

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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.

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Everything traceable

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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.