<h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Poland’s super city plan begins</h2><p fr-original-style="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Urban planning</em></p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;">Poland has unveiled plans to consolidate 41 cities in the south into a giant metropolitan area. With a population of approximately 2.1 million and spanning 2,500 square kilometers, this “super city” will surpass London and Rome in scale, aiming to streamline tax collection. Mateusz Mazzini from <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Gazeta Wyborcza</em> notes that merging cities of varying socioeconomic levels may impose a tax burden on some groups. However, the new metropolis is expected to replace the dwindling coal industry with green energy investments, creating employment in the renewable sector.</p><hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;"><h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Notre-Dame to charge entry fee</h2><p fr-original-style="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Culture policy</em></p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;">France’s Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, has proposed a €5 admission fee for tourists visiting Notre-Dame Cathedral, one of the country's most popular landmarks. Revenue generated will fund the restoration of neglected religious buildings nationwide that are at risk of collapse. Dati anticipates this move will raise €75 million annually. Supported by Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau, the plan includes higher fees for non-EU tourists at national monuments and museums by 2026. Notre-Dame is set to reopen on December 7, following the fire in 2019.</p><hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;"><h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Entry fee returns to Venice</h2><p fr-original-style="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tourism</em></p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;">Following a trial during the summer, Venice is reintroducing a daily entry fee in 2024, doubling it for last-minute bookings. Visitors booking at least four days in advance will pay the standard €5, while those booking at the last minute will be charged €10. The fee applies from April 18 to July 27 on weekends and holidays between 8:30 am and 4:00 pm. The previous summer’s QR-code system raised €2.4 million. While some officials label the fee a “cultural revolution,” others question its effectiveness in reducing visitor numbers.</p><hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;"><h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Istanbul upgrades street vendor carts</h2><p fr-original-style="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Urban life</em></p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;">The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) has revamped carts used by street vendors selling simit, corn, and chestnuts. Debuted in Beşiktaş Square, the new designs offer a modern, aesthetic appeal aligned with historic city squares, with “arched” models for traditional settings, “cheerfully modern” designs for newer areas, and illuminated “totem” carts along the Bosphorus. Solar panels are incorporated for energy efficiency, and easy-to-clean materials are used throughout. Cold weather covers and platform bases were added. IMM plans to roll out these carts citywide, with Head of Research and Projects Department Serap Öbekci stating they will be improved based on public feedback.</p><hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;"><h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Soho House expands with new openings</h2><p fr-original-style="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Hospitality</em></p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;">In the second quarter of 2024, Soho House grew its membership to 204,000, boosting revenue by 16%. With a global waitlist of 111,000, Soho House plans to invest $4 million in new locations this year. Having launched its first South American location in São Paulo in 2024, Soho House also welcomed new members in Mexico City and Portland, USA. Openings are slated for Charleston, Manchester, and Miami by year-end, with additional plans for Tokyo, Milan, Barcelona, and New York.</p><hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;"><h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">New York City to pedestrianize part of Fifth Avenue</h2><p fr-original-style="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Urban planning</em></p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;">New York City officials plan to redesign the stretch of Fifth Avenue between Bryant Park and Central Park, transforming it into a pedestrian boulevard. The project, valued at $350 million and funded by public and private sources, involves expanding sidewalks, reducing traffic lanes from five to three, creating seating areas, and planting hundreds of trees. Inspired by Paris’s Champs-Élysées, the project aims to boost tax revenue and is expected to pay for itself in under five years. However, concerns have been raised about the lack of provisions for bus and bicycle users, with a projected start date of 2028.</p><hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;"><h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://link.apos.to/c/HivldskQkcrb?c=Hb8khF67FTsSLAiREgwY7&sub=6558b8cd6153b000066ad167&s=email" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Manuela</a></h2><p fr-original-style="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Opening, New York City</em></p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;">Located in the heart of SoHo at the corner of Wooster and Prince Streets, Manuela blends art and gastronomy in a warm restaurant and bar setting. Named after Manuela Wirth, co-founder of Artfarm, the space draws inspiration from her Los Angeles Downtown Arts District counterpart, emphasizing local culture, fresh ingredients, and an art-infused atmosphere.</p><hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;"><h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://link.apos.to/c/UCfK9SlUOL1W?c=Hb8khF67FTsSLAiREgwY7&sub=6558b8cd6153b000066ad167&s=email" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Ducasse Baccarat</a></h2><p fr-original-style="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Opening, Paris</em></p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;">The iconic Maison Baccarat mansion in Paris’s 16th arrondissement now hosts a new dining and cultural experience curated by celebrated chef Alain Ducasse. Ducasse Baccarat merges Baccarat’s exquisite crystal art with Ducasse’s innovative cuisine, offering guests an artistic and gastronomic delight. The restaurant, located on the second floor, comes to life under the creativity of chef Christophe Saintagne and designer Robin Schroeder, while the Midi-Minuit bar, led by Margot Lecarpentier, provides a refined meeting spot. Maison Baccarat will further expand Paris’s culinary scene in 2025, opening a new first-floor restaurant and garden-facing bar designed by Jérémie Attali.</p>

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