Is there no future for the temporary Globus? Monument preservationists spoke out in favor of preserving the Zurich flat-roof building from the 1960s. But the city of Zurich prefers to build a park on the site. A group of 60 experts, residents and politicians propose various options.
According to the will of the city and Forum Papierwerd, the temporary Globus between the station square and the Limmat will probably no longer exist in its current form. This is illustrated by the central statements in this multi-day dialogue process that the city of Zurich presented to the public on Monday.
Various options on the table
Accordingly, the options are a large open square with a park as requested by the city council, as well as the use of part of the structure of the existing building on the Papierwerd site. Even a completely new building with additional floors can be considered for the Forum Papierwerd.
The city council once again states that “integrated preservation of the Globus interim document does not seem logical”. Now that the dialogue process is complete, various options are on the table.
A certain flexibility lies at the heart of the offerings. The domain must also offer space for temporary uses and include both commercial and non-commercial offers.
A temporary solution since 1961
The population can comment on offers online until December 21. The City Council will receive the report in 2023. It serves as the basis for other development steps on the Papierwerd site. The city council had rejected the city council’s original proposal for a buildingless square.
The Globus temporary building was built in 1961 to close the construction period of the new building on Bahnhofstrasse. But the building survived much longer. Today, in addition to the city’s offices, there is a lively Poultry inside. (SDA)
The Globus revolt marked the Swiss version of the radicalization of students and youth in Zurich. When the city government of Zurich refused to open the then-empty building of the Globus store in Zurich train station for use for an autonomous youth centre, a peaceful protest was initially held on 29 June 1968 with around 2,000 demonstrators.
A pamphlet asked activists to bring “building materials, wood, laths, planks, nails, hammers” with them so they can still claim this freedom. When the police ordered the plaza in front of the building to be evacuated, activists headed to Bellevue with the intention of building “a symbolic old people’s home for the young” on the Sechseläuten meadow.
Water volleyball and sticks
The incident did not go that far: the police fired volleys with fire hoses and batons against the demonstrators, who threw back stones and bottles. Street fighting continued until the early hours of the morning.
Police arrested 169 demonstrators and beat many of them after their arrest. This police brutality politicized an entire generation in Switzerland, following the German model of the “non-parliamentary opposition” (APO). As parts of the student movement there turned into terrorism, the movement in Switzerland splintered and split into fragmented groups.
The Globus revolt marked the Swiss version of the radicalization of students and youth in Zurich. When the city government of Zurich refused to open the then-empty building of the Globus store in Zurich train station for use for an autonomous youth centre, a peaceful protest was initially held on 29 June 1968 with around 2,000 demonstrators.
A pamphlet asked activists to bring “building materials, wood, laths, planks, nails, hammers” with them so they can still claim this freedom. When the police ordered the plaza in front of the building to be evacuated, activists headed to Bellevue with the intention of building “a symbolic old people’s home for the young” on the Sechseläuten meadow.
Water volleyball and sticks
The incident did not go that far: the police fired volleys with fire hoses and batons against the demonstrators, who threw back stones and bottles. Street fighting continued until the early hours of the morning.
Police arrested 169 demonstrators and beat many of them after their arrest. This police brutality politicized an entire generation in Switzerland, following the German model of the “non-parliamentary opposition” (APO). As parts of the student movement there turned into terrorism, the movement in Switzerland splintered and split into fragmented groups.