Foundation excavation of the Palace Excelsior Hotel

The foundation excavation of the Palace Excelsior Hotel, photographed from the adjacent street. The vast open-air construction site fills the entire area, with lattice cranes, pile-driving and workers among beams and building materials. On the left the pavement of the side street, where passers-by watch the works beyond the site fence. In the background a residential building with a decorated facade and, further on, the port structures. Pietro Opiglia's photograph offers a second perspective on the construction of the grand hotel, complementary to the scaffolding view documented in the companion image of the same series.