I love projects like this! Someone, in this case a municipal body, decided that something like this is worthwhile and funded it. Not only funded it but shepherded it to a delightful end product. In the din of CAC and conversion metrics, projects such as this is a breath of fresh air, and joy and wonderment, and renews my hope in tech.
Others have written on how things have mostly remained the same. I love old movies for this reason; Holly Golightly could hail a cab here today, Valentine and Winthorpe could buy a soy dog at the same cart, Mike Corleone could pick up a broadsheet except they don't sell newspapers from carts the way they used to (or do they?) I don't know if Romans see their city the way New Yorkers see theirs, but for me it's NYC that's the Eternal City.
Others have written on how things have mostly remained the same. I love old movies for this reason; Holly Golightly could hail a cab here today, Valentine and Winthorpe could buy a soy dog at the same cart, Mike Corleone could pick up a broadsheet except they don't sell newspapers from carts the way they used to (or do they?) I don't know if Romans see their city the way New Yorkers see theirs, but for me it's NYC that's the Eternal City.