April 1910 Issue [Article] Once a highway for the world Download PDF Adjust Share by Robert Shackleton, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Brenta River (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc. Description and travel Dwellings Italy Palazzo Pisani (Venice, Italy) Venice Venice (Italy) Villa Foscari (Mira, Italy) More from Robert Shackleton Manhattan Magic The incongruity is the fascination of it all. In New York, the most modern of all large cities, the very embodiment of twentieth-century youth, thrives superstition, gray with countless centuries… A Benvenuto of the backwoods A great accomplisher Adjust Share