“Lassa pur ch’el mond el diga…” / “Let the world say it…” ... The title of a famous song from the 1930s, which, for the sake of a rhyme, places the focus on this district and definitively elevates it to a vibrant symbol of a still-growing Milan, which in railway history terms was at that time stepping on the accelerator of electric traction and its resulting changes.
For better or worse, Bovisa remains one of Ferrovie Nord Milano’s most iconic facilities, both because it is the definitive image of a working class district, frequented by workers who arrive there every single morning from all over north-west Lombardy to earn a living at one of the many surrounding factories, and because it is still a key infrastructural hub today, where the campus of the Politecnico plays a pioneering role in the redevelopment schemes which will give it a whole new life and a more prominent place in the urban fabric.