Platzwechsel

Item

Biemann, Ursula - Switzerland 1955. 2007. Platzwechsel. Washington University in St. Louis, University Libraries, Urban Books, accessed February 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/urban-books/item/2946

Title: Platzwechsel
Creator: Biemann, Ursula - Switzerland 1955
Date: 2008
Description: Title Description - In 1992, Zurich's Platspitz park--once a 19th century source of inspiration for nature lovers including James Joyce--made international headlines as the open-air home to some 3,000 illegal drug users and dealers. It was subsequently closed, cleaned up, and is now fenced and guarded. In this project, four artists proposed plans for converting the park into a model of public space. In German and English. 29 June 2009 (printedmatter.org).
Catalog record.
Call Number: SB485.Z87 B53 1995
Link to Catalog Record: https://catalog.wustl.edu:443/record=b2981358~S2
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Publisher: Washington University in St. Louis, University Libraries
Tags: Artist supplied tags
Artist Keywords:; Tags supplied by Dr. Jana Harper, of Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Sam Fox Keywords: Site specific / installation
Sam Fox Keywords: Urban green space; Library of Congress Subject Headings
Library Keywords: Parks -- Switzerland -- Zurich -- Designs and plans -- Exhibitions
Library Keywords: Zurich (Switzerland) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- History -- Exhibitions
Contributor: Burr, Tom - United States 1963; Dion, Mark - United States 1961; Müller, Christian Philipp - Switzerland 1957

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