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Transcript: Venice Awaits New Bridge over Grand Canal
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SCOTT SIMON
NPR Weekend Edition - Saturday
08-11-2007
Venice Awaits New Bridge over Grand Canal
Host: SCOTT SIMON
Time 13:00-14:00 PM
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Venice has stood still for centuries. Now, the Lagoon City's famed Grand Canal is about to get its first new footbridge in many decades.
NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports in how Venetians are reacting to the addition of the 21st-century landmark in the jewel of Renaissance architecture.
(Soundbite of church bells)
SYLVIA POGGIOLI: As church bells chimed at midnight one night in late July, hundreds of Venetians lined up along the banks of the Grand Canal. The city's main waterway had been closed to all traffic. And there was a mood ...