City Hall is taking on one of the oldest and most popular tourist attractions in town: The San Lorenzo Market. Virtually every tourist who visits Florence winds his or her way through the maze of stalls selling everything from 5 euro pashminas to 100 euro leather jackets. For gifts for home, it's a required stop.
Now, politicians from Palazzo Vecchio are reviving an old debate about the market. They say the majority of the vendors are foreign-born. They don't sell quality Italian handicrafts anymore, they argue. Besides, the mass of white canvas awnings detracts from the cathedral and Medici Chapel it surrounds. Some have suggested moving the vendors to an "ethnic" market on the outskirts of the center--a place where African drums and Peruvian sweaters are sold.
The vendors are resisting...
It all seems a little high in the instep to me.
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