Inauguration of the playground in via Giordano, a fitness area and spaces for the cinema in place of the factory [notiziediprato.it]

Inauguration of the playground in via Giordano, a fitness area and spaces for the cinema in place of the factory

Over 7 thousand square meters of greenery and sports equipment, a 5-a-side football field, the skatepark and the square for public events in the heart of MacrolottoZero

After the opening of the playground in viale Montegrappa as part of Riversibility, the playground space between via Giordano, via Colombo and via da Verrazzano was inaugurated today, over 7 thousand square meters of greenery and sports equipment in a densely populated area: it is the first of the three construction sites of the Urban Innovation Plan at Macrolotto Zero – together with the covered market and the medialibrary – to be completed.
“A beautiful result, in which we believed right away – says Mayor Matteo Biffoni – It is an area that has few equals in Italy and which changes the face of the city making it more beautiful, modern and European”.
The colorful dampening resins, the 5-a-side football field, the skatepark and the square for public events have taken the place of an uncultivated area left to itself
“Thanks to PIU, a disused warehouse on the edge of an abandoned industrial complex has become a green and fitness area available to the whole district and beyond – adds Councilor Valerio Barberis – The covered market, which is also joined Prato Urban Jungle, always with the aim of redeveloping Macrolotto 0, an area that was entirely private close to the historic center, giving it new public functions that will improve livability “.
One of the elements of greatest aesthetic appeal is represented by a silos for collecting water at the service of the former finishing, which is kept in memory of the former industrial area and which has become an artistic installation. The fitness area is also dominated by a large tree-shaped sculpture on which you can do exercises and lifts. Each tool is equipped with a Qr-code with which to download the App on your smartphone that explains the training methods to follow. In short, the one in via Giordano is a cutting-edge fitness area with very few equals in Italy.
The investment for the work amounts to 1,800,000 eueo in all, including expropriations, co-financed by the Tuscany Region and the Municipality of Prato.-