A Venetian group won a bid to oversee part of Poveglia island, preventing private development. The group, Poveglia per tutti, will control the northmost island's green space under a six-year lease.

Venice (CNN) — The abandoned Venetian island of Poveglia — site of a plague pit and former asylum — is about to take on a happier new identity. On August 1, a group of Venetians will take possession ...

The days are numbered for the old Venice Island Recreation Center, as the long-in-the-works, $46-million overhaul of the landmark Manayunk site gets underway next week. It’s a complicated, three-phase ...

Two days after a ribbon-cutting ceremony opened Venice Island’s $46 million makeover, a quieter event marked another step in the area’s evolution. On Thursday morning, concrete was poured for the Lock ...

MANAYUNK (CBS) - City officials have broken ground in Manayunk on a $46-million project designed to capture storm water runoff. The centerpiece of the project is an enormous underground water storage ...

In the crescent-shaped Venetian lagoon, which stretches nearly 32 miles across, are dozens of spectral islands unknown to most tourists. Some are abandoned, others sparsely inhabited, and the majority ...