Leoncavallo, residenti Corvetto: "Doveva arrivare lo stadio, arriva il centro sociale"

Leoncavallo, Corvetto residents: "The stadium was supposed to come, now the social center is coming" Meanwhile, a "No" banner has been torn down in San Dionigi. News (Milan). The new potential home of the Leoncavallo social center is located at Via San Dionigi 117/A, on the southern border of Milan between Corvetto and Porto di Mare. The center was evicted by law enforcement last Thursday, August 21, 2025, from Via Watteau after 31 years of occupation. The abandoned warehouse, owned by the City of Milan, has an asbestos-covered roof, and its restoration will cost over €3 million. The Antifascist Mothers Association, which manages the Leoncavallo, is attempting to raise this sum by launching a fundraising campaign called "Cassa di Resistenza," which took place a few days before the eviction. The association had its eye on San Dionigi as early as last March, when it submitted an expression of interest to the municipality for the property. However, according to the president of the Mamme, Marina Boer, and activist Daniele Farina, the dialogue stalled, and was finally halted altogether last July following developments in the Milan prosecutor's office's urban planning investigation. With the eviction, however, the city council declared it would be ready to deliberate on the new site for Leoncavallo next Thursday, subsequently publishing the tender. A banner reading "No Leoncavallo!" has been hanging on the gate of the locked warehouse for a few days, but the "No" appears to have been torn off. So, what do the residents think? In the area surrounding the property, the only two residential areas appear to be a workshop and a farmhouse, but no one has responded. The area is deserted, with only a park used by a handful of joggers and cyclists. The closest inhabited street is Viale Omero, in the Corvetto neighborhood. However, the few residents in town, when asked about the possible arrival of the Leonka, were very hesitant to publicly express their opinion, no doubt due to the widespread media coverage of the matter. "Let's hope they're decent people and don't bring disruption to the area," was the stance taken by a couple of local elders. One of them added that "the stadium was supposed to be built here. Instead, the Leoncavallo is coming," referring to the project for a new AC Milan stadium in the neighboring area of ​​San Donato Milanese, which was suspended last April by the local council. However, there are also those who see the area and the building as unwelcoming for Leonka activists: "There's no transportation, only the 67 that passes by, and there's no parking. I'm not saying they should be given Montenapoleone (a luxurious street in the center of Milan), but something less inconvenient," said one resident. "I can't wait for them to come. In a city like Milan, not having a hub for young people is scandalous. Young people don't have all this money to go to bars, and they're inventive; they can create culture and entertainment," a resident couple adds confidently. (Riccardo Sciannimanico/alanews) Automatically generated transcript Let's hope they're decent people who go to work. Rhodiola is there. I'm 77, I've worked there for 45 years, and Ferraiolo, I built the Patri houses. Tickets, and then you have to look at the people. You're right. There's no one there. Just put 77 passing by, and then there's parking in front. There's nothing, there's just industrial warehouses now. I'm not saying they should give them Montenapoleone. But something less disadvantaged is definitely a, let's say, a defeat for society. The aggregation of young people today always causes problems. They don't have it. They don't have it. They have everything I want. If they don't have it, they get it somehow, we don't know exactly how, but in my opinion, there's a lack of education. How long does it take them to do it? They say it's maybe a little bit. Here, where you can even get to the stadium, and instead, a horse arrives at 6. Oh well, let's see. Let's hope it doesn't cause any discomfort to the area at all. This, unfortunately, is a question of education. I can't wait for them to come, for the municipality to come. Do everything to revitalize such a large and important city as Milan. Not having a point of reference for young people is a scandal, so it is very important to give a point of reference to the entire history of the city. This is what Leoncavallo was thinking about here. How much it costs, surely, young people don't have all this money to go to the bar, rather than for which, welcome, welcome, but immediately, young people have an inventiveness that goes beyond any imagination. He had the idea of ​​doing, as has happened over the years, shows, any type of meeting place, culture. Yes, yes, everything that can be done.