A mountain of “garbage” that has never been removed is the foreground of a beautiful mural created as part of the San PArt project. Tall, majestic and tremendously in the background compared to the surrounding reality. The initiative promoted by the municipal administration to redevelop public housing properties has led artists to enhance the façades of the buildings, while at the foot of the buildings there are mountains of rubbish. There are some in front of the bins but also under the porches, where the kids hang out on hot summer afternoons. And where the now rotting envelopes are very far from the eyes, so they almost don’t disturb at first glance.
The work in Viale delle Regioni 23
The real estate unit is that of Viale delle Regioni 23, on the building there is a work by Thiago Mazza. The artist was inspired by the flora he observed in Lama Balice Park. Mazza depicted a particularly colorful floral composition, with a quote from the symbolic tree of Puglia: the olive tree. Beautiful work, of great taste and respectful of the context. On the other side of the road is the Don Milani nursery and primary school. It is one of the most delicate areas of the San Paolo district, in 2022 there was also a shooting when the children were leaving. These are the contradictions of the suburbs. The workhorse (for the umpteenth time) of politics in the election campaign.
The centre-right candidate’s complaint
Marco Cornaro, candidate for the Bari city council with the “Romito mayor” list, denounced the state of abandonment in the area. in support of Fabio Romito. Cornaro was also a candidate for mayor in 2014 with an independent project, but today he has instead decided to support the cause of the city centre-right. On the sidelines of an inspection, Cornaro explained: «The residents asked me to intervene, because the situation is unmanageable. The collection service is insufficient and only comes once a week.” And he adds: «They complain about the presence of murals and initiatives of this type if they are then forced to live with dirt up to their necks. It is clear that the problem is not the murals but the neglect of urban sanitation.” However, it remains to be understood what went wrong. And if the bins exposed to clear sunlight are part of the door-to-door collections. In fact, municipality III was one of the first to experiment with the removal of roadside bins. However, something must have gone wrong in Viale delle Regioni. In fact, if the dirt is the result of the door-to-door collection time, then the times are too long for the population of those real estate units. If, on the other hand, it concerns an area not yet reached by the service, then Amiu’s intervention must be more punctual.
