Workers wear safety vest start the dismantling work

After ninety days of activities, including triumphs and controversies, the iron structure, 52 meters high on the Rotunda Diaz, began his disposal. The scaffolding will be removed by workers with morning safety vest.It sums: 230,000 inputs (more than one hundred thousand in the first month), of which 72542 paying (8 euro for a tour on the highest floors, with terrace overlooking the bay). "We are more than pleased with the success - Increases says Pasquale - Other than flop: we expected a maximum of 50,000 tickets, we sold 20,000 more. Beyond any criticism or personal taste, the city and tourists enjoyed the same originality and uniqueness of this installation. "

The dismantling began Wednesday morning; it will take around ten days. "By 18 - explains Giuseppe, partner and director of the construction site Increase - the round Diaz will return as before. If necessary, we will do night shifts to accelerate the work. “On the waterfront precedes hectic activity, attracting the attention of some runners and tourists taking photos. Two trucks, surrounded by elevators, pass on what's left of the equipment in commercial establishments on the ground floor. A crane on the side, get the latest machinery and accessories & restaurant and bar on the first floor.

Today the workers (all with helmet and reflective vest will begin to remove the first scaffolding, starting, of course, from the highest part and the tip. "We are already working on the project for the next edition - includes increases - by the end of March we will propose our ideas to the City. Not yet I provide details, but we think of a work with the same format shopping mall and restaurant. But it will be even higher and not shaped like a tree ".

And there is already an initial directive: to halve the time: "Already in 2016 - Increase resumes - our goal was to inaugurate Nobler Then in early November, for bureaucratic reasons, the works have been postponed by several weeks and we opened on December 10th . We welcomed 8,000 visitors in two days, reaching its peak during the Christmas holidays. Then, as expected, there was a decline of inputs after Epiphany, with new peaks on Valentine's Day. This year we will inaugurate the new facility in November and Epiphany, enhancing it to the maximum. "

And what will become of Nobler? "We intend to export the concept to other regions: we have contacts with several northern cities. They even called from San Francisco just last week we had a first meeting. "Meanwhile, the waterfront returns to his everyday pedestrian and bike path. Pace of retailers in kiosks that side. What they never frowned Nobler. "With that bar and the restaurant - says one of the managers in reflective clothing- we evaded many customers. They already have a few: since the road is closed to traffic, it seems isolated from the city. Sooner or later, the City Council will have to realize that so we cannot go on. "