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obscured, but the Deco-tinged neo-Babylonian architecture can hardly hide its in-
tent.
(Piazza Duca d'Aosta;
Centrale FS)
4
Torre Pirelli
LANDMARK
Construction began in 1956 on Milan's tallest
grattacielo
(skyscraper). The
32-storey Pirelli Tower sits on the site of the company's 19th-century factory, sym-
bolically bookending Italy's industrial heyday. The smooth tapered sides of Gio
Ponti's modernist icon form the shape of a diamond, his oft-used graphic trade-
mark.
(Piazza Duca d'Aosta 3;
Centrale FS)
Eating
5
10 Corso Como Café
€€€
RESTAURANT, CAFE
A picture-perfect courtyard draped in greenery awaits at Corso Como. Sit pretty in
the graphic black-and-white chairs and enjoy goblets of fruit smoothie, crisp ve-
getable crudités and plump grilled shrimp. Plus it offers the ultimate in afternoon
tea: your choice of caviar and blinis (from €55) and a pot of Mariage Frères tea.
The circular bar inside is a great place for
aperitivo,
too.
(
02 2901 3581;
www.10corsocomo.it
; Corso Como 10; meals €35-60;
12.30pm-midnight Mon-Fri, 11.30am-1.30am
Sat & Sun;
;
Garibaldi)
6
Iyo
€€
JAPANESE
Friendly staff serve great quality sashimi,
ponzu
-marinated
carpaccios
and a full
range of rolls at this elegant Japanese restaurant. There's also a host of other
standards from
gyoza
(dumplings) to soba and teppan-yaki and a decent vegetari-
an selection.
( 02 4547 6898;
www.iyo.it
;
Via Piero della Francesca 74; meals €30-50;
noon-2.45pm & 7.30-11.45pm Tue-Sun;
;
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