Quarto Oggiaro

Quarto Oggiaro
Quartiere of Milan
Country  Italy
Region Lombardy
Province Milan
Comune Milan
Zone 8
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Quarto Oggiaro (Quart Ogiee in Milanese dialect) is a district of Milan in the north-west of the city, part of zone 8.

Name

The name Quarto Oggiaro derives from an older toponymy Quarto Uglerio: the word Quarto, meanining fourth, is clearly reference to the distance of four Roman miles from the center of Milan, while the second part of the name, Uglerio, but it is supposed to be the name of some influent inhabitant of the area in ancient times.

The transformation from Uglerio to Oggiaro can be found on the maps of 1872, but already present on some maps of the Spanish period.

Boundaries

Quarto Oggiaro borders to:

The border with the municipality of Novate Milanese is a few hundred meters to the south of the Autostrada A4 (Italy) highway in the span between Svincolo Milano Certosa and Milano Cormano exit. Currently this area is a grassland.

The ferrovie nord railway Milan - Saronno along the section between Milano Bovisa-Politecnico railway station and Milano Quarto Oggiaro railway station divides the area from zone 9, while the border with Villapizzone is bordered by the stretch of the Turin-Milan railway between the station in Milano Certosa railway station and Milano Centrale railway station up to the junction with the ferrovie nord Milan - Saronno.

Quarto Oggiaro and Vialba

In today's breakdown of neighborhoods and statistics for the calculation of the population, it is believed the axis Via Eritrea - Via Lessona as the way of demarcation between Quarto Oggiaro and Vialba, in fact even numbers of these pathways belong to Quarto Oggiaro and numbers odd to the neighborhood Vialba. The original core of the Quarto Oggiaro lies along the axis of the Via Aldini now considered part of the neighborhood Vialba. Nothing prevents you refer to that part and up to the border with Villa Scheibler with its original name, Quarto Oggiaro.

Villa Scheibler, the ancient hunting lodge with its park, is also historically Vialba.

The relationship between the two districts is very strong: both extend from the bridge of Via Palizzi to the extreme north-western outskirts of Milan. The part of Vialba bordering Quarto Oggiaro had the same plan for the urban development of housing and is often considered as part of the Quarto Oggiaro.

The old villages became urban districts with continuous are only partially distinguishable, the division between areas is often absent and the virtual boundary between the older areas frequently becomes the center line of a street of large dimensions. In fact we try to keep names and historical areas in the new urban context. This division is maintained for administrative reasons and of distance between one area and another, although there are no, or only partially, intervals of separation.

History

Quarto Oggiaro old

Starting from 1700 Quarto Oggiaro, or Quarto Uglerio, was part of the municipality of Musocco and it was a group of houses and farms around the Villa Caimi-Finoli, a patrician villa connected to the larger Villa Scheibler and the Church of Saints Nazario and Celso[1] built at the end of 1700. The development was around the current Via Aldini.

XX° siecle

The municipality of Musocco, which Quarto Oggiaro was a fraction as well as the adjacent village of Vialba, remained independent until 1923, when it was included in Milan.

At the end of forty years developed a great migration from the South to the industrial centers of the North in search of work, uncultivated areas of Milan, like that of Quarto Oggiaro, became the place to meet the great increase in population of the city.

Quarto Oggiaro, as we see it today, was born in the fifties: in 1954 the first social houses were built, and thanks to the developments following in a short time, this area became one of the largest housing estates in Milan. The District has expanded through a series of lots of construction, especially in the sixties, becoming a great neighborhood dormitory, it took many years before the locals could enjoy basic services. The neighborhood has always been home to numerous immigrants, first from the southern regions, then non-EU.

The district with the urban model planned of only social housing, the problems associated with trying to integrate social and economic impact of its new inhabitants in the city, the management of the sale of drugs by some families with acts of violence, it did more sometimes jump to the headlines as the land of difficult living conditions, sometimes forgetting the immense efforts made by the people and associations for social and environmental sustainability of the district. The images of the houses and barracks of Via Pascarella, Via De Pisis were taken by the media as a symbol of urban and social development of Milan during the 50s and 60s.

Commercially, the area is developed at Via De Roberto with numerous shops, at Via Fratelli Antona Traversi with the Municipal Market and around the intersection Via Lessona - Via Amoretti.

Other than the fate of the southern part of the district, on the border with the district Villapizzone: the proximity to the national railway station and the Milano Certosa railway station made the area exploited by the industrial point of view. The company fuel Fina bought the area in 1926, making it in large storage depot for oil, transported by rail.

Lots of construction in the neighborhood

Via De Roberto N° 5 Towers from Via Fratelli Antona Traversi

In the process of construction of the Quarto Oggiaro is possible to distinguish different lots of houses with one manufacturer and with a definite residential project. Each project has a name:

The 2000s

More than 50 years have passed since the birth of modern Quarto Oggiaro and generations of immigrants have become second-and third-generation immigrant or replaced by non-EU. The integration with the city now has taken place for years, the social and economic problems are the same of the city, in spite of this Quarto Oggiaro continues to have an identity of its own neighborhood, due to its peripheral location and closed by the fence rail and the initial development plan that has given birth.

The Associazione Quarto Oggiaro Vivibile,[2] present since the early 80's, manages the lawn between the park of Villa Scheibler and today's Via Invernizio from part of the original Quarto Oggiaro; until the 70s the lawn housed a nomads camp. The green has been equipped with a playground, basketball courts, a football field and one for training. It is a popular meeting point and was an important signal for the revival of the district.

The social housing within the district have been restored, a pedestrian was created in 2008 in Via De Roberto at the church of Saint Lucia.

The Cabassi pit at the edge of the area, along the ferrovie nord railroad was closed in 1997 and the area rearranged became the Simoni park, with a surface area approximately 20,000 m2 (215,278 sq ft).

The remarkable work certainly refers to the southern part of the district in the area of the former refinery Fina and along the old Via Castellammare with its fields partially cultivated with vegetable garden and partly uncultivated.

The company EuroMilano,[3] with the project entrusted to the British designer Diana Armstrong Bell, in the late 90s and early 2000s, has reclaimed an area of over 450,000 m2 (4,843,760 sq ft), creating a new fine residential district. The new district overlooking the Via Eritrea with 6 towers of 15 floors while the lower buildings are inside, in Via Perini, for a total of 1500 residences. Almost half of the area, 200,000 sqm, has become park named Verga, that from rails tracks of the National Railway reaches the houses, until you get to Via Chiasserini. The park is a real green space and the work as a whole is a symbol of modernity, integration with the environment as well as being a good travel card for the district.

Viability

Describe the viability of Quarto Oggiaro is very simple:

Quarto Oggiaro is located within these three major roads, with the exception of Via Longarone and Via Lessona from number 50 onwards, which are located to north of Via Amoretti.

Transports

The district is well connected to the city center, the neighboring districts and municipalities through the railway system with and the automotive sector.

Railway

The district is crossed its borders from the ferrovie nord railway and National railway.

The neighborhood has its own Milano Quarto Oggiaro railway station for ferrovie nord Railway located under the bridge of Via Amoretti at the zone 9 border. The entrance to the station for the district is in Via Simoni. There are two lines Trenord S known as Milan suburban railway service:

Milano Certosa railway station is the station for the national railways at the border with Quartiere Vialba, on the side of this. At this station stops:

Bus and tram

Along the Bridge of Via Palizzi pass all the ATM lines of the neighborhood:

The two tram lines do not enter in the district but only pass along the section of the bridge.

The district does not have metro services proximity.

Services

Churches

The churches of the district belong to the deanery of Quarto Oggiaro:

Schools

Kindergartens:

The nursery school which was located in Via Aldini at the height of No. 10, corner of Via Fratelli Antona Traversi, was demolished in the late 90's and replaced by Gian Luigi Bonelli garden.

Primary School:

Middle school

Landmark as the middle school for the neighborhood is the Secondary of 1st degree G.B. Vico at Via Orsini, 25 in the adjacent district Vialba.

Some high schools are located in Vialba in Via Cittadini. The branch of the Istituto Frisi, which was in Via Aldini, 74, is now in the main office in Via Cittadini.

Sports Centers

Shopping Malls

The modern shopping center Esselunga built at the beginning of 2000, has become a reference point for the neighborhood and the neighboring countries as a place for living and socializing. Prior to 2000, Esselunga was in place of Billa in Via Amoretti. The location of Simply had previously been managed by Sma, and for a long time from the 60s up to 90 was occupied by upim.

Libraries

It is a new library opened in 2003, a two floors white building that housed the old public showers of low-income houses built after the war. It replaced the old small library of Via Valtrompia 45/A, always Vialba.

Other services

References in popular culture

Quarto Oggiaro has been used as a setting for several movies, including A due calci dal paradiso (2006) and Fame chimica (2003).

Notable people

Notable people who lived in Quarto Oggiaro include:

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Chiesa Santi Nazaro e Celso a Quarto Uglerio
  2. ↑ Associazione Quarto Oggiaro Vivibile
  3. ↑ EuroMilano Spa

External links

Coordinates: 45°30′57″N 9°08′25″E / 45.51583°N 9.14028°E / 45.51583; 9.14028

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