AlphabeticalZürichAlphabeticalZürich2026-01-10T17:11:33+00:00tag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2025-04-27:/Balderngassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2026-01-10:/balderngasse.html2026-01-10T17:58:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="hhttps://www.openstreetmap.org/way/15801861">Balderngasse</a> goes from Bastelgasse to Talstrasse. It is named after the former middle-age <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldern_Castle">castle</a> on the Albis of the same name.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Balderngasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue Balderngasse street sign on a beige wall below a window." src="/pics/Balderngasse/IMGP7732.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Balderngasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow, one-way street with large cars parked on both sides, between 6-story buildings." src="/pics/Balderngasse/IMGP7734.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Altstadt.html">Altstadt</a></span></p>Balberstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2026-01-03:/balberstrasse.html2026-01-03T19:19:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2682250.2750000004&ykoord=1243671.06&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str151&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Balberstrasse</a> goes from Butzenstrasse to Marchwartstrasse. It is named after Johan Balber, who was the first minister of the Wollishofen church built in 1702.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Balberstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street with a row of cars parked on the left. There are 4-story buildings on each side of the road, hidden behind green trees." src="/pics/Balberstrasse/IMGP0829.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_hibiscus_flower.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue flower with 6 petals with purple streaks in the middle. The heart of the flower is a long white heart. Around the open flower, two of them are still folted, and many of them are decaying." src="/pics/Balberstrasse/IMGP0832.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Have some hibiscus.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Balberstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Some connected building forming a larger structure. The largest building is long building with a row of windows on top, solar panels on the roof, and a small clock tower on the roof. There's a mast with a Swiss flag and a large trash container in the foreground." src="/pics/Balberstrasse/IMGP0837.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>And the Entlisberg school.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Balberstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A pedestrian path bordered with trees and a metallic fence next to a street." src="/pics/Balberstrasse/IMGP0839.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Balberstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A metallic pole with an arrow pointing left to Zentrum Hauriweg, and a blue Balberstrasse street sign. There's also some kind of small spirally measurement device, and a spider made a web between that and the street sign. There's a residential building in the background." src="/pics/Balberstrasse/IMGP0840.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Balberstrasse_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street going slightly uphil, with grey residential buildings with white blinds on the left, a more modern-looking building in the background, and a tree fence on the right. 4 cars are parked on the street in a blue zone." src="/pics/Balberstrasse/IMGP0842.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pink_hydrangea_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A bright pink ball flower made of many smaller flowers with 4 petals and a small heart." src="/pics/Balberstrasse/IMGP0844.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Also have some hydrangea.</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Wollishofen.html">Wollishofen</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a></span></p>Bahnwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2025-11-30:/bahnweg.html2025-11-30T15:25:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/38968798#map=18/47.363489/8.472562">Bahnweg</a> goes from Brandweg to Ringlikon. It is named the fact that it follows the train line. It's also one of these places where the map and the terrain do not match; I'm going to follow the terrain (and OpenStreetMap) on this one :)
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bahnweg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small path next to a rail track. There are a lot of leaves on the ground and the picture has autumnal colors." src="/pics/Bahnweg/IMGP2468.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bahnweg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Intersection between two forest paths. The left one continues along a train track and has a "no horses" sign." src="/pics/Bahnweg/IMGP2472.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bahnweg_path_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A wooden Bahnweg sign above a couple of yellow hiking signs. Behind the sign, some coniferous trees." src="/pics/Bahnweg/IMGP2473.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evening_view_from_the_Uetliberg.jpg"><picture><img alt="Snowy mountains seen from afar, with a lightly cloudy sky with red tones. In the midground, hills, autumn-colored trees and villages. In the foreground, some tree foliage." src="/pics/Bahnweg/IMGP2480.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>And, as a bonus, I ended up on top of the Üetliberg on that day, and the view over the Alps was very pretty.</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Uetliberg.html">Uetliberg</a>, <a href="/forest.html">forest</a>, <a href="/trains.html">trains</a></span></p>Bahnhofstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2025-09-21:/bahnhofstrasse.html2025-09-21T22:46:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=4000&xkoord=2683140.825&ykoord=1247348.87&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str149&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Bahnhofstrasse</a> goes from Bürkliplatz to <a href="./bahnhofplatz.html">Bahnhofplatz</a>. It is the main boulevard that leads to the train station, and probably the most well-know street of Zürich.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bahnhofstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A carillon with 29 bells - 10 on each side, and 9 above a clock with a blue face and golden roman numbers and hands" src="/pics/Bahnhofstrasse/IMGP7095.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The carillon over the Kurz jewelry shop, which ring every day at 11:00 and at 16:00.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bahnhofstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A wide street with tramway tracks, wide sidewalks, and 5-6-story buildings on each sides, with shops at the ground floor" src="/pics/Bahnhofstrasse/IMGP7097.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bahnhofstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A green cast iron fountain with a high base and water flowing vertically between four caryatids holding a domed roof" src="/pics/Bahnhofstrasse/IMGP7114.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_fountain">Wallace fountain</a>, of which there are many models in Paris!
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bahnhofstrasse_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street with two train tracks and a tram on each one, and wide sidewalks with people standing and sitting, between 5-story buildings" src="/pics/Bahnhofstrasse/IMGP7123.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bahnhofstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue Bahnhofstrasse sign on a wall, on top of a jewlery shop that has a golden gigantic watch as a sign which reflects the building behind it" src="/pics/Bahnhofstrasse/IMGP7760.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Altstadt.html">Altstadt</a>, <a href="/fountain.html">fountain</a></span></p>Bahnhofquaitag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2025-09-05:/bahnhofquai.html2025-09-05T10:37:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2683277.32&ykoord=1247877.835&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str148&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Bahnhofquai</a> goes from Uraniastrasse to Museumstrasse. It is named after the fact that it's the quay next to the main train station.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bahnhofquai_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A metallic pole with a blue sign for Bahnhofquai. An old sticker hides the "quai" part of the name. In the background, buildings with dormer windows." src="/pics/Bahnhofquai/IMGP7040.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_HB_from_Bahnhofquai.jpg"><picture><img alt="A large train statino building with a visible aisle. There are arched windows and doors, and small towers in the corners. The street in front of it has a tram and a few cars on the road." src="/pics/Bahnhofquai/IMGP7046.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Zürich Hauptbahnhof
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Amthaus_II_on_Bahnhofquai.jpg"><picture><img alt="A large 6-story corner building, with a lot of windows, dormer windows on the roof and larger structures on rounded corners." src="/pics/Bahnhofquai/IMGP7049.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Amthaus II, one of the administrative buildings of the city
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waisenhaus_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A large 5-6-story building, with two levels of dormer windows on the roof, a balcony/terase above the ground level and triangular pediment in the middle of the building." src="/pics/Bahnhofquai/IMGP7052.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Waisenhaus in Zürich - city police building
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mural_painting_on_Bahnhofquai.jpg"><picture><img alt="A mural painted on a wall. The wall also has four windows with blue blinds. The painting represents people, including someone using a loom, and sheep." src="/pics/Bahnhofquai/IMGP7056.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rudolf-Brun-Br%C3%BCcke,_as_seen_from_Bahnhofquai.jpg"><picture><img alt="A river crossed by a stone bridge, with two churches and multiple 5-6 story buildings visibles on the other side of the river" src="/pics/Bahnhofquai/IMGP7059.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>View over the Limmat, Predigerkirche and Grossmünster; the Rudolf-Brun-Brücke crosses the river.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_from_Bahnhofquai_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Multiple 5-6 story buildings, seen from across a river. Two large buildings are also visible on a higher ground above the foreground buildings." src="/pics/Bahnhofquai/IMGP7064.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>View on the Limmat; the high buildings are ETH and Universität Zürich.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bahnhofquai.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street that splits between an underground tunnel and a surface area, with pedestrian zebras; in the background, the building of the Hauptbahnhof; on the left side of the street, imposing 6-story buildings." src="/pics/Bahnhofquai/IMGP7066.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Altstadt.html">Altstadt</a>, <a href="/Limmat.html">Limmat</a>, <a href="/river.html">river</a></span></p>Bahnhofplatztag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2025-08-28:/bahnhofplatz.html2025-08-28T10:41:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2683056.8256165795&ykoord=1247982.290012688&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str147&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Bahnhofplatz</a> is the square in front of the main train station, and goes from Bahnhofquai to Gessnerallee.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bahnhofplatz_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A grey pole with blue street plates on it; the one visible shows Bahnhofplatz. There are tram electrity cables in the background." src="/pics/Bahnhofplatz/IMGP7124.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_Schweizerhof_historical_monument_plate.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue plate with a text in German reading "Hotel Schweizerhof. 1877 und 1881 als Hotel in zwei Etappen erbaut von Heinrich Honegger-Naef (1843-1907) und Julius Bosshard (1849-1924). 1908 und 1930 eingreifende Umbauten für den Hotelbetrieb im Erdgeschoss und Entresol durch die Architekten Otto Pfleghard (1869-1958) und Max Haefeli (1869-1941) sowie Otto Honegger (1876-1934). Die Sandsteinfassaden des repräsentativen Baus zeigen Nobelhotel-Architektur in Neurenaissanceformen mit Karyatiden über Kolossarordnung und markieren mit tormartig eröhten Eckrisaliten den Eingang zum Boulevard der Bahnhofstrasse.Fassade under Denkmalschutz seit 1978"" src="/pics/Bahnhofplatz/IMGP7126.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The blue plate translates as follows: "Hotel Schweizerhof. Built in two steps in 1877 and 1881, as a hotel, by Heinrich Honegger-Naef (1843-1907) and Julius Bosshard (1849-1924). Drastic alterations in 1908 and 1930 for the hotel business in the ground floor and mezzanine by the architects Otto Pfleghard (1869-1958) and Max Haefeli (1869-1941) as well as Otto Honegger (1876-1934). The sandstone façade of the imposing building demonstrate the architecture of the posh hotel in neo-renaissance style, with caryatids over the giant order, and mark the entrance of the Bahnhofstrasse boulevard with towerlike corner avant-corps. Façade under historical protection since 1978."
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Schweizerhof.jpg"><picture><img alt="A large sandstone corner building, with balconies on the second floor lettered Hotel Schweizerhof and, in the ground floor, a hoter and multiple shops. The corner is round and has columns and statues." src="/pics/Bahnhofplatz/IMGP7128.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Hauptbahnhof_fa%C3%A7ade,_statue_and_flower_parterre.jpg"><picture><img alt="Façade of the Hauptbahnhof in Zürich, a large portal with the SBB logo on top, and a row of arched windows next to it. In front of the building, there's a fountain statue of a man, and a parterre of yellow and orange flowers. A row of cars is between the building and the foreground elements." src="/pics/Bahnhofplatz/IMGP7135.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Railway main station, with the statue of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Escher">Albert Escher</a> in front of it.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bahnhofplatz_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A large square with multiple roads, two tram railtracks, and 5-6-story buildings around the square. A fountain/statue is visible in the left side of the picture." src="/pics/Bahnhofplatz/IMGP7141.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Altstadt.html">Altstadt</a>, <a href="/fountain.html">fountain</a>, <a href="/sculpture.html">sculpture</a></span></p>Bahnhofbrücketag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2025-08-10:/bahnhofbrücke.html2025-08-10T11:35:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2683370.585&ykoord=1247927.4100000001&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str145&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Bahnhofbrücke</a>, meaning "train station bridge", is a bridge over the Limmat that goes from Central to Bahnhofquai.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bahnhofbr%C3%BCcke_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Bahnhofbrücke" street sign on a grey pole supporting tram cables. In the background: 5-story buildings, a tram stop, trees without leaves and a couple of red and white flags." src="/pics/Bahnhofbrücke/IMGP7027.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich,_seen_from_Bahnhofbr%C3%BCcke_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A river, seen from a bridge, with, on the left side, 6-story buildings and a tram passing in front of them, as well as a church tower; on the right bank more buildings and two more church towers; between both banks a stone bridge. There are some darker hills in the background and a seagull in the cloudy sky." src="/pics/Bahnhofbrücke/IMGP7031.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bahnhofbr%C3%BCcke_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A wide bridge with tram rail tracks in the middle, two trams in the square in the middle, and 6-story city buildings in the background. The city in the background goes a bit uphill." src="/pics/Bahnhofbrücke/IMGP7037.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich,_seen_from_Bahnhofbr%C3%BCcke_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A river curving to the left, between stone walls, seen from a bridge. The right bank of the river is filled with 5-6-story buildings and leafless trees. Another bridge with cars is visible not very far from the photographer's point of view." src="/pics/Bahnhofbrücke/IMGP7038.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Altstadt.html">Altstadt</a>, <a href="/Limmat.html">Limmat</a>, <a href="/river.html">river</a></span></p>Bahnhaldenstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2025-08-02:/bahnhaldenstrasse.html2025-08-02T21:48:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2683494.35&ykoord=1252646.17&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str144&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Bahnhaldenstrasse</a> goes from Höhenring to Schaffhauserstrasse. It is named after the stockpile of material (Halde) next to the former train line between Oerlikon and Wettingen.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bahnhaldenstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street between 3-4-story residential buildings and a Migros supermarket in the background" src="/pics/Bahnhaldenstrasse/IMGP9718.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church_Maria_Lourdes_from_Bahnhaldenstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A white block church tower with a cross on top, behind a pine tree and between houses." src="/pics/Bahnhaldenstrasse/IMGP9720.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Catholic church <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Lourdes_(Z%C3%BCrich-Seebach">Maria Lourdes</a>)
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bahnhaldenstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Blue street sign for Banhaldenstrasse, fixed to a grey-white wall of a building, with a "no parking" sign below it." src="/pics/Bahnhaldenstrasse/IMGP9723.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bahnhaldenstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street with a "Zone 30" sign in the foreground, 2-4-story buildings on each side and many cars parked on the sides." src="/pics/Bahnhaldenstrasse/IMGP9725.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Seebach.html">Seebach</a></span></p>Badwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2025-07-23:/badweg.html2025-07-23T10:15:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2682710.71&ykoord=1247358.5350000001&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str143&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Badweg</a> goes from Talstrasse to Selnaustrasse. It is named after the men-bath on the canal.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Badweg_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Bad-Weg" street sign on a metallic pole in front of a brown wall and some greenery. An old sticker has been badly removed from the sign." src="/pics/Badweg/IMGP7800.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Badweg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street going downhill, leading to a bridge and some stairs. In the background, a building with large windows reflects other buildings." src="/pics/Badweg/IMGP7803.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Badweg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A dark canal between buildings, as seen from a bridge on top of it." src="/pics/Badweg/IMGP7807.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Badweg_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A canal between a stone wall covered with vegetation and trees and a green fence. The canal is blocked by a light green metallic wall with the logo for Rimini" src="/pics/Badweg/IMGP7809.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The eponymous men-bath, which also works as a bar (Rimini) in the evening.</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Altstadt.html">Altstadt</a>, <a href="/Schanzengraben.html">Schanzengraben</a>, <a href="/river.html">river</a></span></p>Badstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2025-06-03:/badstrasse.html2025-06-03T22:14:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/33389606">Badstrasse</a> goes from Ida-Bindschedlerstrasse to Bellerivestrasse. It is named after the fact that it's a street that leads to the Tiefenbrunnen baths/beach.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Badstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A crop of a red residential building with round bay windows and dark green blinds, with a blue street sign showing "Bad-Str." The building is partly hidden by a tree." src="/pics/Badstrasse/IMGP0230.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Badstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A short street with, on the right side of it, 6-story buildings. The street has young trees and a row of cars parked on each side. The street's end is near a lake." src="/pics/Badstrasse/IMGP0233.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Badstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small park next to a lake with a few trees, some benches and a drinking fountain topped by a panther sculpture." src="/pics/Badstrasse/IMGP0235.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The Platzanlage Tiefenbrunnen, also known as Pantheranlage ("panther park"), next to the lake.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Badstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A round drinking fountain with, next to it, a bronze sculpture of a panther on top of a rectangular pedestal." src="/pics/Badstrasse/IMGP0237.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>And the eponymous panther, Pantherbrunnen ("panther fountain"). The panther is made of bronze, and is a 1934 work by <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Gisler">Hans Gisler</a> and <a href="https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/027414/2009-10-01/">Emil Schäfer</a>.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Badstrasse_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="A view over the Zürich lake, next to a 4-lane street. There's a bike path and a tree in the foreground; numerous boats on the lake and mountains in the background." src="/pics/Badstrasse/IMGP0238.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The park as a nice view over the lake.</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Riesbach.html">Riesbach</a>, <a href="/fountain.html">fountain</a>, <a href="/sculpture.html">sculpture</a></span></p>Badergassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2025-05-27:/badergasse.html2025-05-27T22:12:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/623566136">Badergasse</a> goes from Limmatquai to Niederdorfstrasse. It is named after the public baths that used to be on that street.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Badergasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow paved street with 5-6-story buildings on each side. A red HOTEL sign is protruding from the left wall. In the background, a tower with a round observatory roof, and the river flowing perpendicularly in front of a tram stop." src="/pics/Badergasse/IMGP6981.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The tower with the round roof in the background is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urania_Sternwarte">Urania observatory</a>.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Badergasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A wall with two rows of windows separated by a relief. The top row has two windows, the bottom row has three windows. The relief has a center inscription "zuden 3 Karpfen" (the 3 carps) with, on each side, a yellow and green medallion with three carps meeting in the center." src="/pics/Badergasse/IMGP6983.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>"The 3 carps". I've seen one reference that this might have been a fish market building, but I wasn't able to confirm it in any way.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Badergasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="The corner of a building, with the statue of a work uniform man holding (maybe) a chicken. A blue "Badergasse" street name plate is attached to the building next to an arch." src="/pics/Badergasse/IMGP6984.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Nope, no idea what this guy is doing here. And is he holding a chicken? (I think so?)
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Badergasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow paved street between buildings 3 to 6 storey high. The building on the front left has arched windows with vertical green neon stripes in them." src="/pics/Badergasse/IMGP6986.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Altstadt.html">Altstadt</a>, <a href="/sculpture.html">sculpture</a></span></p>Badenerstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2025-04-28:/badenerstrasse.html2025-04-28T14:30:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=8000&xkoord=2680060.4935291195&ykoord=1248673.219284624&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str140&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Badenerstrasse</a> goes from the entrance of Zürich in Schlieren to Sihlbrücke. It is named after the fact that it was the main road from Zürich to Baden.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_entrance_in_Altstetten.jpg"><picture><img alt="A grey pole with a blue "Zürich (Altstetten)" sign and a 50 speed limit sign in front of non-descript buildings." src="/pics/Badenerstrasse/IMGP7176.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Here be Zürich.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Badenerstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A wide road with two tram tracks in the middle and a train bridge on top, between 3-to-7-story buildings. A tram stop is visible in the background." src="/pics/Badenerstrasse/IMGP7185.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vulcano-Hochhaus_seen_from_Badenerstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street intersection with a large amount of tram cables and three black high-rise buildings in the background" src="/pics/Badenerstrasse/IMGP7196.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://www.ittenbrechbuehl.ch/de/projekte/wohnhaus-geschaeftshaus-vulcano-zuerich/">Vulcano</a> high-rise buildings, seen from Badenerstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Restaurant_Krone_in_Altstetten_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A 4-story with a gambrel roof, seen from the corner, with windows with dark blue blinds. The entrance is on top of stairs and the name Restaurant Krone is painted on the two visible facades." src="/pics/Badenerstrasse/IMGP7206.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Restaurant <a href="https://www.krone-altstetten.ch/">Krone</a> in Altstetten
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Historical_landmark_plate_for_Krone_in_Altstetten_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue plate on a wall reading "Badenerstrasse 705 und Feldblumenstrasse 5 - 1827 von dem Chirurgus Conrad Studer as classizistischer Bau zusammen wit der Stallscheune Feldblumenstrasse 5 errichtet. Der Landartzt betrieb in seinem repräsentativen Wohnhaus auch eine Weinschenke. Das Mansarddach der Scheune ist eine für Ökonomiebauten seltene Dachform und betont die Stattlichkeit des Ensembles. Letzte Zeugen des Dorfkerns Ober-Altstetten an der alten Verkehrsachse richtung Baden. Unter Denkmalschutz seit 2010."" src="/pics/Badenerstrasse/IMGP7208.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The plate translates as "Built by the surgeon Conrad Studer in 1927 as a clacissist building, together with the stable ban at Feldblumenstrasse 5. The country doctor also ran a wine bar in his prestigious house. The mansard roof of the barn is a rare roof form for agricultural buildings and emphasizes the stately character of the ensemble. Last evidence of the Ober-Altstetten village center on the old traffic axis to Baden. Under historical protection since 2010."
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Badenerstrasse_580_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A white imposing 5-story office building, with a middle part with clustered windows and two wings. There is some decorative yellow/gold floral paintings on top of the building. The address of the building (Badenerstrasse 580) is painted above the door in golden capital letters. The Kappeli tram stop is visible in the foreground." src="/pics/Badenerstrasse/IMGP7297.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Badenerstrasse 580 and the Kappeli tram stop
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A brown residential building whose windows are not aligned and all framed in different shades of white and yellow. There's a Coop shop on the ground floor." src="/pics/Badenerstrasse/IMGP7300.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Badenerstrasse 575/581 - <a href="https://www.evolution-design.info/all-projects/residential/k.i.s.s">K.I.S.S.</a> residential building
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Badenerstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A wide street between 5-6 stories buildings, some tram rail tracks, a few trees and a tram in the background." src="/pics/Badenerstrasse/IMGP0145.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Badenerstrasse_tram_depot.jpg"><picture><img alt="The entrance of a tram depot, with tram tracks leading to it, and a couple of trams visible inside the depot." src="/pics/Badenerstrasse/IMGP0147.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>One of the buildings of the Kalkbreite tram depot, which happened to be open
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Badenerstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Blue street signs for Bäckerstrasse and Badenerstrasse, on a metallic pole. The background shows a building and the top of a tram is visible between the signs and the building." src="/pics/Badenerstrasse/IMGP0189.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Jakob_church_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Side of a church with a church tower and a church building in two parts. The church tower has a blue clock and tiny windows; the two parts of the building are identical and show elongated windows, rounded at the top, and curved gabled roofs." src="/pics/Badenerstrasse/IMGP0198.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.-Jakobs-Kirche_(Z%C3%BCrich)">Church St. Jakob</a> (Evangelical Reformed)
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Badenerstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A wide street with tram lines in the middle of two car lanes, between 6-stories buildings. There's a small park on the left side of the street." src="/pics/Badenerstrasse/IMGP0201.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Badenerstrasse_75_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="An Art Nouveau building with two stories made of large windows and three stories with curved windows on a light yellow wall." src="/pics/Badenerstrasse/IMGP0204.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Badenerstrasse 75
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bezirksgericht_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A 4-story official building with a middle part with a gable roof and large metallic gates and two wings with rounded dormer windows." src="/pics/Badenerstrasse/IMGP0205.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Zürich district court (Bezirksgericht)</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Altstetten.html">Altstetten</a>, <a href="/Aussersihl.html">Aussersihl</a>, <a href="/Wiedikon.html">Wiedikon</a></span></p>Bäckerstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2025-04-03:/bäckerstrasse.html2025-04-03T22:31:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2682342.675&ykoord=1247673.8900000001&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str139&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Bäckerstrasse</a> goes from Badenerstrasse to <a href="./ankerstrasse.html">Ankerstrasse</a>. It is named after the bakery that was located on the street until 1957.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_B%C3%A4ckerstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue Bäckerstasse sign on a brick-colored painted wall next to an arched door" src="/pics/Bäckerstrasse/IMGP0178.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_B%C3%A4ckerstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street with a 30 painted on the ground between rows of 6-stories residential buildings. In the foreground, the building is hidden behind scaffolding." src="/pics/Bäckerstrasse/IMGP0181.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_B%C3%A4ckerstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street with 6-stories pastel-colored façades on the right and a row of cars on each side" src="/pics/Bäckerstrasse/IMGP0183.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_B%C3%A4ckerstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A grey 6-storey residential building on the corner of a street with dormer windows and metallic balconies" src="/pics/Bäckerstrasse/IMGP0185.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_B%C3%A4ckerstrasse_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street between 5-6-stories residential buildings, a row of trees on the right and cars parked on each side" src="/pics/Bäckerstrasse/IMGP0187.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Aussersihl.html">Aussersihl</a></span></p>Bäckeranlagetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2025-04-02:/bäckeranlage.html2025-04-02T22:32:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/4743823">Bäckeranlage</a> is a park between Feldstrasse, Stauffacherstrasse and Hohlstrasse. It was renamed 20 years ago (almost to the day!) in 2005 from Aussersihleranlage to better fit the commonly used name of the place. The name comes from the fact that the park used to be located on <a href="./bäckerstrasse.html">Bäckerstrasse</a> (which was itself named after a bakery); Bäckerstrasse got shortened by the construction of Helvetiaplatz.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_B%C3%A4ckeranlage_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue Bäckeranlage street sign, in front of a blurred tree and a blue sky" src="/pics/Bäckeranlage/IMGP0149.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_B%C3%A4ckeranlage_plane_tree.jpg"><picture><img alt="A large plane tree in a park, with no leaves; but the sky is blue and people are relaxing on the grass below it" src="/pics/Bäckeranlage/IMGP0151.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Look at that wonderful plane tree.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_B%C3%A4ckeranlage_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A park with green grass, stone paths and trees. The sky is blue but the trees do not have leaves. A few people are enjoying the park." src="/pics/Bäckeranlage/IMGP0154.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Aussersihl.html">Aussersihl</a>, <a href="/park.html">park</a>, <a href="/tree.html">tree</a></span></p>Bachwiesenwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2025-03-24:/bachwiesenweg.html2025-03-24T21:13:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/14476825">Bachwiesenweg</a> goes from <a href="./bachwiesenstrasse.html">Bachwiesenstrasse</a> to <a href="./albisriederstrasse.html">Albisriederstrasse</a>. Like Bachwiesenstrasse, it is named after the meadows (Wiesen) next to the village stream (Bach).
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachwiesenweg_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A metallic pole with a blue street sign for Bachwiesenweg, in front of fluffy-looking clouds." src="/pics/Bachwiesenweg/IMGP0097.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachwiesenweg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A pedestrian path with buildings in the background, and a small stream overshadowed by thin vegetation on the left, separated from the path by a wooden and rope fence" src="/pics/Bachwiesenweg/IMGP0101.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The Albisrieden Dorfbach, again.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachwiesenweg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="From front to back: a narrow and shallow water stream, a cut-down tree, garden plots, low-rise wooden buildings, a higher-rise building and a hill" src="/pics/Bachwiesenweg/IMGP0108.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>In the background, the Uetliberg.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachwiesenweg_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A shallow and narrow stream between thin trees next to a path; a wooden pallet is used as a bridge over the stream." src="/pics/Bachwiesenweg/IMGP0112.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachwiesenweg_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="Residential buildings, 6-story high with curved angles. The windows have colorful frames (blue one one, water green on another) and have red/orange blinds; the windows indicate dense habitats, maybe small studios. Two sides of each buildings have longer windows and balconies." src="/pics/Bachwiesenweg/IMGP0116.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>"Sunnige Hof" nursing home</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Albisrieden.html">Albisrieden</a>, <a href="/Uetliberg.html">Uetliberg</a>, <a href="/bridge.html">bridge</a>, <a href="/river.html">river</a></span></p>Bachwiesenstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2025-03-23:/bachwiesenstrasse.html2025-03-23T17:32:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=4000&xkoord=2679096&ykoord=1248106.845&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str137&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Bachwiesenstrasse</a> goes from Rautistrasse to <a href="./altstetterstrasse.html">Altstetterstrasse</a>. It is named after the meadows (Wiesen) next to the village stream (Bach).
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachwiesenstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A metallic pole with a blue street sign for Bachwiesenstrasse, in front of residential high buildings." src="/pics/Bachwiesenstrasse/IMGP0092.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="Some wide-open crocus flowers, purple with an orange/yellow heart, in green grass with some dead brown leaves lying around." src="/pics/Bachwiesenstrasse/IMGP0095.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>It's crocus time!
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachwiesenstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow road/path alongside gardens, with trees and high residential buildings visible in the background" src="/pics/Bachwiesenstrasse/IMGP0125.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albisrieder_Dorfbach_on_Bachwiesenstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A very narrow stream flowing trough a grid below and next to a road" src="/pics/Bachwiesenstrasse/IMGP0127.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>That would be the stream from the street name, I suppose. And, specifically, it's the Albisrieder Dorfbach.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachwiesenstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow stream zigzaging in a shallow ditch in a grass area, leading to 7-story residential buildings" src="/pics/Bachwiesenstrasse/IMGP0128.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachwiesenstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="In the foreground, a stream flowing in the middle of a grass area. In the background, three long 7-story residential buildings, looking fairly new with a lot of large windows." src="/pics/Bachwiesenstrasse/IMGP0131.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Albisrieden.html">Albisrieden</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a>, <a href="/river.html">river</a></span></p>Bächtoldstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2025-03-09:/bächtoldstrasse.html2025-03-09T21:58:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2684447.625&ykoord=1247746.9849999999&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str136&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Bächtoldstrasse</a> goes from Zürichbergstrasse to Gloriasteig. It is named after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Baechtold">Jakob Bächtold</a>, a German literature professor at the University of Zürich in the 19th century, known for his biography of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Keller">Gottfried Keller</a>.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_B%C3%A4chtoldstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A stone wall with a blue street sign that reads "Bächtold-Str. - Jakob Bächtlod 1848 - 1897 - Professor für deutsche Literatur and der Universität - Biograph Gottfried Kellers"" src="/pics/2025/03/imgp0054.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_B%C3%A4chtoldstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street with imposing buildings with brick façades behind stone and metallic fences and a few cars. The street is marked as a dead-end except for pedestrians." src="/pics/2025/03/imgp0057.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_B%C3%A4chtoldstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A 4-story residential brick building with dark red blinds, with higher elements covered in timber-frame structures. The building looks imposing and is behind a stone metallic fence and deciduous trees with no leaves." src="/pics/2025/03/imgp0059.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_B%C3%A4chtoldstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="Side façade of a white and brick building with balconies that have ornate metallic grids and glass panes. A large conifer tree is next to the building." src="/pics/2025/03/imgp0065-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Fluntern.html">Fluntern</a>, <a href="/tree.html">tree</a></span></p>Bachtobelwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2025-02-18:/bachtobelweg.html2025-02-18T22:00:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=4000&xkoord=2680882.87&ykoord=1245707.65&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str134&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Bachtobelweg</a> is a forest path that goes from Tannenweg to Rosshauweg. It is named after the ravine (Tobel) next to the Gyrhaldenbächli (nearby stream).
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A wooden pole with wooden signs indicating Bachtobelweg (partly hidden by the other signs), Rosshauweg and Forsthaus. A yellow diamond with the Zürich blue and white flag indicates a hiking path." src="/pics/2025/02/imgp9961.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A picnic area in a wood, with stones for a fireplace, and a wooden table and two benches. There are trees around the area; three of them are marked with bright pink lines; one of them has a yellow diamond indicating a hiking path." src="/pics/2025/02/imgp9933.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A narrow stream in a ditch, coming from a pipe underground, with wild vegetation all around." src="/pics/2025/02/imgp9938.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Most probably the Tobel of the path name.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A forest path covered with gravel in a woody area. The season is winter and the deciduous trees are naked. A few pine trees and grass still provide some greenery." src="/pics/2025/02/imgp9943.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="Cut tree trunks on the side of a forest path, with a forest behind them." src="/pics/2025/02/imgp9951.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zurich_Bachtobelweg_05.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small pond stopped by a metallic grid; some tiny stairs with a lot of moss and dried leaves on top of them are reaching the water." src="/pics/2025/02/imgp9954.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>And that's the Gyrhaldenbächli!</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Altstetten.html">Altstetten</a>, <a href="/forest.html">forest</a>, <a href="/river.html">river</a></span></p>Bachtobelstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2025-02-08:/bachtobelstrasse.html2025-02-08T21:14:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=4000&xkoord=2680882.87&ykoord=1245707.65&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str134&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Bachtobelstrasse</a> goes from Uetlibergstrasse to Kolbenhofstrasse. It is named after the ravine (Tobel) next to the Kolbenhofbach (stream leading to the Sihl river).
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachtobelstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A grey pole in front of a residential building and trees, with a dirty "Bachtobelstrasse" blue sign attached to it" src="/pics/2024/12/imgp9802.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kolbenhofbach_in_Z%C3%BCrich_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small water stream falling on light brown steps, with vegetation-covered walls on each side" src="/pics/2024/12/imgp9805.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The Kolbenhofbach in question
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachtobelstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A road going downhill, with cars parked on each side under trees without leaves, and a hill with buildings visible in the hazy background" src="/pics/2024/12/imgp9809.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachtobelstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A one-way street with cars on each side, low residential buildings on the left side, trees on both sides, and a hazy, woody hill in the background" src="/pics/2024/12/imgp9813.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachtobelstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A red/orange tartan basketball court with a pedestrian path on its right side; a few buildings including a wooden prefab school building in the background" src="/pics/2024/12/imgp9814.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The 3-story building in the back is a school building (probably an extension of an existing school); there are a lot of these prefab buildings around the city (I just learnt they're called <a href="https://bauart.ch/news/zueri-modular-en-us/">Züri-Modular</a>)
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kolbenhofbach_in_Z%C3%BCrich_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small water stream in a concrete canal, with a camera attached to a metallic pole pointing at it" src="/pics/2025/02/imgp9819.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The city is checking that nobody's stealing the stream. (More probably it measures the amount of water, though.)
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachtobelstrasse_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street with residential buildings, trees and cars on both sides, and a hazy hill in the background" src="/pics/2025/02/imgp9821.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Wiedikon.html">Wiedikon</a>, <a href="/river.html">river</a></span></p>Bachtelwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2025-01-26:/bachtelweg.html2025-01-26T16:39:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2683780.54&ykoord=1252461.7850000001&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str133&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Bachtelweg</a> goes from Grünhaldenstrasse to Kosakenweg. It is named after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachtel">Bachtel</a> mountain.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachtelweg_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue Bachtelweg street sign, on top of a no-parking sign, in front of a green hedge next to a white house numbered 2." src="/pics/2024/12/imgp9740.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./pics/2024/12/imgp9744.jpg"><picture><img alt="A tabby cat with light green eyes and a collar with a round sensor, in front of a Lime electrical scooter. The cat looks vaguely annoyed." src="/pics/2024/12/imgp9744.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>See cat, photograph cat.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./pics/2025/01/imgp9738.jpg"><picture><img alt="An orange and white cat with blue rectangular box and a small heart name tag on his collar, with a fat striped tail. The cat looks wary, possibly scared." src="/pics/2025/01/imgp9738.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>And, there was two cats, and see previous point. These two cats were busy in a staring contest from both sides of the street.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachtelweg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street with low houses and hedges ont top of low-height walls. The vegetation doesn't have leaves. There's the back of a truck at the end of the street." src="/pics/2024/12/imgp9746.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachtelweg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street in a residential neighborhood. There's a large pine tree on the left and an empty parking spot in the foreground." src="/pics/2024/12/imgp9748.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachtelweg_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A round square at the end of a residential street, with a narrow pedestrian alley opposite the photograph. There are a few homes, a large conifer tree with stars attached at the bottom of it, a basketball hoop and a no parking sign." src="/pics/2024/12/imgp9750.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wooden_christmas_stars.jpg"><picture><img alt="Wooden Christmas stars, attached with strings on a tree outside. It looks like they've been out for a while because they are quite weathered." src="/pics/2024/12/imgp9757.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Seebach.html">Seebach</a>, <a href="/cat.html">cat</a></span></p>Bachstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2025-01-22:/bachstrasse.html2025-01-22T21:45:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2682851.2&ykoord=1244396.975&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str132&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Bachstrasse</a> goes from Mythenquai to the lake. It is named after the old Wollishofen village part called "Am Bach", which named the brook arriving at the lake.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Corner of a street with a sign post containing a blue Bachstrasse street sign, a direction to GZ Wollishofen, and a pedestrian undeground passage sign with a lot of old stickers on it. In the background, a few yellow buildings and a road with traffic." src="/pics/2025/01/imgp9635.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street with a few buildings on each side, some trees in the background, and the Zürich lake behind the trees, with a small boat moored." src="/pics/2025/01/imgp9636.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="On the foreground, rail tracks that stop abruptly when intersecting a sidewalk. In the background, residential buildings with blue-tinted glass balconies." src="/pics/2025/01/imgp9639.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The end of the line, I suppose.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zurich_Bachstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="Buildings on the right side of the street, with windows reflecting a blue sky. On the right side, a tree covered with ivy behind a hedge. The sky is showing twilight colors and a plane trail splits the sky in two." src="/pics/2025/01/imgp9641.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachstrasse_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="A brick chimney between two higher buildings, behind a covered bridge with a lot of glass windows" src="/pics/2025/01/imgp9643.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>A chimney in the yard of the <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibag">KIBAG</a> building
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachstrasse_tunnel.jpg"><picture><img alt="A short pedestrian and bike tunnel, dark with only a few lamps, some FCCZ tags on the walls and a yellow bike sign on the floor" src="/pics/2025/01/imgp9645.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachstrasse_05.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small urban park with three benches and a fountain, with trees and grass, with buildings and a hint of the Zürich lake in the background" src="/pics/2025/01/imgp9649.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Wollishofen.html">Wollishofen</a>, <a href="/park.html">park</a></span></p>Bachofnerstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2025-01-05:/bachofnerstrasse.html2025-01-05T21:37:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2682683.395&ykoord=1249509.585&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str131&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Bachofnerstrasse</a> goes from Nordstrasse to Rotbuchstrasse. It is named after Heinrich Bachofner, director of the evangelical seminary in Unterstrass.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachofnerstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="" src="/pics/2024/12/imgp9609.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachofnerstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="" src="/pics/2024/12/imgp9604.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachofnerstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="" src="/pics/2024/12/imgp9608.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachofnerstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="" src="/pics/2024/12/imgp9612.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Wipkingen.html">Wipkingen</a></span></p>Bachmattwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-10-20:/bachmattweg.html2024-10-20T11:24:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2679002.4850000003&ykoord=1249412.075&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str130&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Bachmattweg</a> goes from <a href="./bachmattstrasse.html">Bachmattstrasse</a> to, well, also Bachmattstrasse, but a bit further away. It is named after the older location name designing the fields (Matten) near the local stream (Bach).
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachmattweg_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="" src="/pics/2024/10/imgp9085.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachmattweg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="" src="/pics/2024/10/imgp9086.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachmattweg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="" src="/pics/2024/10/imgp9087.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Altstetten.html">Altstetten</a></span></p>Bachmattstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-09-09:/bachmattstrasse.html2024-09-09T15:13:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2679054.1866683327&ykoord=1249342.5637618771&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str129&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Bachmattstrasse</a> goes from Hohlstrasse to Badenerstrasse. It is named after the older location name designing the fields (Matten) near the local stream (Bach).
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachmattstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="" src="/pics/2024/09/imgp9084.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachmattstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="" src="/pics/2024/09/imgp9089.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachmattstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="" src="/pics/2024/09/imgp9090.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachmattstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="" src="/pics/2024/09/imgp9091.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parking_lot_on_Bachmattstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="" src="/pics/2024/09/imgp9093.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachmattstrasse_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="" src="/pics/2024/09/imgp9095.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Altstetten.html">Altstetten</a></span></p>Bachmannwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-07-27:/bachmannweg.html2024-07-27T21:10:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2680487.31&ykoord=1252871.04&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str128&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Bachmannweg</a> goes from Zehntenhausstrasse to Blumenfeldstrasse. It is named after Johann Bachmann (1859-1944), who was running a sugar mill in Affoltern.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachmannweg_and_Zehntenhausstrasse_street_signs.jpg"><picture><img alt="A metallic pole with two blue street signs for Zehntenhausstrasse and Bachmannweg in front of a red/orange residential building." src="/pics/2024/07/imgp8980.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachmannweg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street with a red building and cars on the left side and a train track on the right side. Other red buildings are visible in the background and on the other side of the tracks." src="/pics/2024/07/imgp8982.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rail_tracks_next_to_Bachmannweg_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Two railway tracks with ballast and a concrete wall on which ivy is growing behind them" src="/pics/2024/07/imgp8988.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Bachmannweg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow road with a yellow and black zebra sign in the middle of it, buildings on the right and train tracks on the left" src="/pics/2024/07/imgp8989.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Affoltern.html">Affoltern</a></span></p>Bächlerstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-07-25:/bächlerstrasse.html2024-07-25T20:30:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2680280.79&ykoord=1252563.715&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str126&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Bächlerstrasse</a> goes from Hungerbergstrasse to Holderbachweg. It is named after the old location name, which designates a land plot on a stream.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_B%C3%A4chlerstrasse_-_Hungerbergstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A metallic pole with blue street signs for Bächlerstrasse and Hungerbergstrasse" src="/pics/2024/07/imgp9004.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_B%C3%A4chlerstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential road with a large 5-story apartment building on the left, a row of cars parked in blue parking spots, and a cat crossing the street" src="/pics/2024/07/imgp9006.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_B%C3%A4chlerstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street with buildings on both sides, a row of cars on the left, a "30" painted on the road, and building work in the background" src="/pics/2024/07/imgp9007.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A 3-story yellow building with bule blinds and a bush of pink hortensia in front of it" src="/pics/2024/07/imgp9008.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Residential_building_on_Z%C3%BCrich_B%C3%A4chlerstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A six-story light pink residential building with garage doors on the ground floors and a lot of cars parked on the street in front of it" src="/pics/2024/07/imgp9009-blog-2048-2.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Affoltern.html">Affoltern</a></span></p>Baalwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-07-24:/baalweg.html2024-07-24T21:04:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=4000&xkoord=2688233.1202829136&ykoord=1246551.176719082&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str125&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Baalweg</a> goes from Katzenschwanzweg to Lybensteinweg. It is named after the old location name, Baal (or Bool), which designates a round, domed-shaped hill (TIL: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuppe">Kuppe</a>.)
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Baalweg_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A wooden sign for Baalweg, at the intersection of two gravel paths in a forest" src="/pics/2024/07/imgp8954.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Baalweg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A gravel path in a forest" src="/pics/2024/07/imgp8956.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tree_stump_on_Baalweg_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A tree stump with ivy growing on it, next to a gravel path in a forest" src="/pics/2024/07/imgp8959.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_pile_of_wood_on_Baalweg_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A pile of fallen tree trunks in a forest" src="/pics/2024/07/imgp8962.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Baalweg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A gravel path on the border of a forest, with a yellow meadow on the left side, on a sunny day" src="/pics/2024/07/imgp8971.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Baalweg_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A gravel path in a forest, with a pile of logs on the left side" src="/pics/2024/07/imgp8974.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forest_on_Baalweg_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="The bottom of a forest area, with vertical tree trunks growing from a moss-covered soil" src="/pics/2024/07/imgp8977.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Witikon.html">Witikon</a>, <a href="/forest.html">forest</a></span></p>Azurstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-07-17:/azurstrasse.html2024-07-17T13:10:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/28354832">Azurstrasse</a> goes from Berninastrasse to Regensbergstrasse. It is named after the color (azure blue). It is also: the last street in the alphabetical order starting with A in Zürich!
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Azurstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Azurstrasse" street sign on a metallic grey pole, with blue sky behind it" src="/pics/2024/07/imgp4803-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Azurstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow pedestrian path with green hedges on both sides, a three-story residential building on the right side, and trees in the background" src="/pics/2024/07/imgp4806-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Azurstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street with a 4-story residential yellow building with green blinds in the foreground. The building has a rounded door on its side." src="/pics/2024/07/imgp4808-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Summer_lilac_on_Azurstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Groups of small purple flowers with orange/red hearts, from a hedge" src="/pics/2024/07/imgp4810.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Azurstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street with a wooden fence and trees on the left, and a modern 5-story beige residential building with visible stones and large balconies on the right" src="/pics/2024/07/imgp4817.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Oerlikon.html">Oerlikon</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a></span></p>Auzelgtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-07-10:/auzelg.html2024-07-10T20:03:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2685399.475&ykoord=1252149.665&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str123&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Auzelg</a> starts on Opfikonstrasse and ends in foot path that links it to <a href="./auwiesenstrasse.html">Auwiesenstrasse</a>. It is named after the old location name, which describes the fields cultivated according to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-field_system">three-field system</a> (Zelg) next to water (Au).
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A grey set of mailbox with "Auzelg 47-59" cut in the metal, in front a row of of 2-story red houses" src="/pics/2024/07/imgp5394-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A narrow street with cars on the right parked in front of a hedge below a tree, and another parking lot on the left in front of 2-story rows of red houses" src="/pics/2024/07/imgp5395-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Auzelg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small square with a round bench in front of a school building with painted walls and a 6-story residential building with red balconies" src="/pics/2024/07/imgp5398.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A small residential street with school and daycare, trees and parking lots in the background. The street has a yellow "Privat" line painted on the ground." src="/pics/2024/07/imgp5400.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Schwamendingen.html">Schwamendingen</a></span></p>Auwiesenwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-07-01:/auwiesenweg.html2024-07-01T20:42:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/83171726">Auwiesenweg</a> goes from the Auzelg tram stop loop to the Wallisellen city border. It is named after the old location name, which means “the meadow (Wiesen) near/at the water (Au)” – probably the nearby Glatt river.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Auwiesenweg_-_Beware_the_hedgehogs.jpg"><picture><img alt="On the left, a tram line going through grass. On the right, a road. In the middle, a pole with a sticker "beware the hedgehogs" (with a hedgehog symbol in a red triangle)" src="/pics/2024/07/imgp5368.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Beware the hedgehogs!
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Auwiesenstrasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street with no markings; on the left, a metallic fence with gardens behind; on the right, a tram railway with electric lines." src="/pics/2024/07/imgp5369.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tram_10_on_Auwiesenweg_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A Cobra tram line 10 on a railway passing through grass, next to a road" src="/pics/2024/07/imgp5376.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A narrow footpath between concrete low walls and fences, enclosing gardens" src="/pics/2024/07/imgp5379.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Schwamendingen.html">Schwamendingen</a></span></p>Auwiesenstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-06-02:/auwiesenstrasse.html2024-06-02T19:59:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/893599344">Auwiesenstrasse</a> starts on Opfikonstrasse and ends in a dead end. It is named after the old location name, which means "the meadow (Wiesen) near/at the water (Au)" - probably the nearby Glatt river.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A blue "Auwiesenstrasse" sign in front of trees and a white and pink building in the background" src="/pics/2024/06/imgp5384.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kehrichtheizkraftwerk_Hagenholz"><picture><img alt="A narrow street with a row of cars parked on the right, a construction site, and a smoking chimney" src="/pics/2024/06/imgp5387-blog-2048-2.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>By now we know that chimney: <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kehrichtheizkraftwerk_Hagenholz">Hagenholz recycling plant</a>.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A residential street with 3-4-storey buildings, some trees and a green lawn. A row of cars is parked on the right side." src="/pics/2024/06/imgp5389-blog-2048-2.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A smoking grey chimney behind trees behind a building with orange sunscreens, and a lawn in the foreground." src="/pics/2024/06/imgp5392.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Schwamendingen.html">Schwamendingen</a></span></p>Austrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-05-14:/austrasse.html2024-05-14T20:10:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2681687.3200000003&ykoord=1246626.385&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str121&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Austrasse</a> goes from Uetlibergstrasse to Steinstrasse. It is named after the original location name "in der Au", which was the area south of the Sihl; "Au" is a name for a meadow land next to a body of water.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Citroen_DS_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A black and white Citroen DS, seen from the side, parked in front of a building and a hedge" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp5213.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Citroen DS cars are not that common anymore!
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fa%C3%A7ades_on_Austrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Colorful (yellow, pink, green) façades of 4-storey buildings with dormer windows on top" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp5216.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Austrasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street with a 30km/h speed limit painted on the road, with 3-4 storey-buildings on each side, some car parking spaces on the left and a few motorbikes parked on the right" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp5219-blog-2048-2.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Relief_on_Austrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A relief on top of a wooden door, showing a man lying on the ground, with some wheat growing at his feet" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp5224.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Wiedikon.html">Wiedikon</a></span></p>Ausstellungsstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-05-08:/ausstellungsstrasse.html2024-05-08T09:23:00+00:00<p class="post-item">Ausstellungsstrasse goes from Sihlquai to Limmatplatz. It is named after the national exhibition (<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweizerische_Landesausstellung">Landesausstellung</a>) that happened nearby in 1883.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ausstellungsstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A city street with 4-5-story buildings and cars parked on each side. There are trees in the back of the street/background of the image." src="/pics/2024/05/imgp4956.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ausstellungsstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street with 3-4-storey buildings in grey/brown shades, with a higher building visible at the end of the street. One of the buildings has "Bananen" written on the side of it." src="/pics/2024/05/imgp4963.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ausstellungsstrasse_100.jpg"><picture><img alt="A grey/brown concrete building with "Bananen" written vertically in large letters on the side" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp4966.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Ausstellungsstrasse 100
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ausstellungsstrasse_100_Denkmalschutz_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue sign on a concrete wall, reading the following German text: "Built in 1926 by architect J. Geiger on behalf of the Stephen Taylor, Westindische Bananen-Centrale. This concrete skeleton frame building is a blend between an industrial building and business headquarters. The façade's style stands between Art Nouveau and New Objectivity; its sculptural decorative elements remind of the banana import trade. Protected building since 1987."" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp4967.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Translation: Built in 1926 by architect J. Geiger on behalf of the Stephen Taylor, Westindische Bananen-Centrale. This concrete skeleton frame building is a blend between an industrial building and business headquarters. The façade's style stands between Art Nouveau and New Objectivity; its sculptural decorative elements remind of the banana import trade. Protected building since 1987.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ben_Eine_Love_At_First_Sight_mural_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A colorful mural in large letters, reading LOVE ATFI RSTS IGHT (Love At First Sight)" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp4968.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Love At First Sight mural by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Eine">Ben Eine</a>. The font is <a href="https://ourtypes.com/products/newcircus-typeface?variant=42808739299520">New Circus</a>.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Love_At_First_Sight_on_Ausstellungsstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street with 5- storey buildings on each side. The side of the left building is painted with a colorful lettered mural reading Love At First Sight" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp4974.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Industriequartier.html">Industriequartier</a></span></p>Ausserdorfstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-05-07:/ausserdorfstrasse.html2024-05-07T21:44:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2683552.4299999997&ykoord=1253294.155&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str118&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Ausserdorfstrasse</a> goes from Glattalstrasse to Hertensteinstrasse. It is named after the description of the part of the original Seebach municipality ("outside of the village").
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ausserdorfstrasse_19-21_protected_building_plate.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue plate on a wall, with the following German text: "Ausserdorfstrasse 19 und 21 - 1667 errichtet als Ständerbau mit Wohnteil, Scheune und Stall unter einem Dach. Im 18. Jahrhundert wurden die ursprünglichen Wandfüllungen aus Bohlen durch neue Fassaden in Fachwerk-Bauweise ersetzt und die Ostfassade gemauert. Das stattliche Bauernhaus gehört zum «Seebacher Ausserdorf», dem nördlichen historischen Ortskern von Seebach. Unter Denkmalschutz seit 2004"." src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7963.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Translation: Built in 1667 as a building with bent framing with a living area, a barn and a stable under a single roof. In the 18th century, the original walls made out of planks were replaced by new half-timbered façades and the east façade was bricked up. This stately farmhause belongs to the "Seebacher Ausserdorf", i.e. the northern historical center of Seebach. Protected building since 2004.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ausserdorfstrasse_19-21.jpg"><picture><img alt="A building made of two parts: a half-timbered white and red building, and a wooden part on the right, under the same tiled roof. In the foreground, a small yard with a tree and a few planters." src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7964.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Ausserdorfstrasse 19 and 21
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ausserdorfbrunnen_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A drinking fountain with a tap on a low pillar and two elongated basins, in front of a hedge and on a paved ground." src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7967.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Ausserdorfbrunnen
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Detail_of_Ausserdorfbrunnen_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A metallic pipe in a fountain, pouring water in a basin, with white and yellow flowers floating in front of the water stream." src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7969.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ausserdorfstrasse_in_the_mirror.jpg"><picture><img alt="A traffic mirror with red and white border, showing a residential street with 2-3-story building behind hedges" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7971.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_side_of_Sportplatz_Katzenbach_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="The side of a sports terrain with high trees that have recently been pruned to leave only their trunk" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7972.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sportplatz_Katzenbach_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="An empty green sports lawn with metallic rails" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7975.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Sportplatz Katzenbach
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ausserdorfstrasse_12-16.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential construction with a lot of angles and façades, including a wooden façade, behind hedges and with a lush garden." src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7976.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Ausserdorfstrasse 12-16
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ausserdorfstrasse_12-16_protected_building_plate.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue plate no a wooden fence, surrounded by white flowers, with a text in German: "Ausserdorfstrasse 12-16 - 1227 erste Urkundliche Erwähnung des Hopfs in den Zinsbüchern des Chorherrenstifts Grossmünster. 1612 Errichtung des Quadratischen Kernbaus mit 12.5 Meter Seitenlänge, eines Mehreihenständerbaus mit Wohnteil, Tenn, Stall und Scheune. 1882 wurde Haus Nr. 16 an die Westfassade des alten Bauernhauses angebaut. 1895 Anbau der Rückseitigen Stallscheune. Wichtiger Bau in der Zeilensiedlung des Alten Seebacher Ausserdorfs. Unter Denkmalschutz seit 2008."" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7978.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Translation: First documented mention of hops in 1227 in the ledger of the Grossmünster canon. The core square building with a side length of 12.5 meters was built in 1612; it was a building with multiple bent structures and a living area, a threshing floor, a stable and a barn. In 1882, Nr. 16 was added to the western façade of the old farmhouse. The rear barn was added in 1895. This is an important building in the row settlement of the old Seebacher Ausserdorf. Protected building since 2008.</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Seebach.html">Seebach</a>, <a href="/fountain.html">fountain</a>, <a href="/mirror.html">mirror</a></span></p>Aurorastrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-05-05:/aurorastrasse.html2024-05-05T16:03:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2685275.55&ykoord=1247214.385&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str117&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Aurorastrasse</a> goes from Ebelstrasse to Hitzigweg. It is named after the Roman goddess of dawn <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(mythology)">Aurora</a>.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aurorastrasse_street_name_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Aurorastrasse" street sign in front of gardens and houses" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7813.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Viburnum_tinus_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A dense cluster of white 5-petal flowers in front of leaves that are similar to bay laurel leaves." src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7818.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viburnum_tinus">Laurustine</a> plant and flowers
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dolderbahn_from_Aurorastrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small red rack railway train, seen from a bridge above the railway, with trees and a large brown building framing the tracks." src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7825.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolderbahn">Dolderbahn</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dolderbahn_from_Aurorastrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A rack railway going down a hill, as seen from above, with a house on the right side and a lake and the Uetliberg in the background. There is a red and white train on the rails." src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7829.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The Dolderbahn, continued
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spring_water_filtering_facility_on_Aurorastrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small, two-storey white building with arched windows and doors and a staircase on the left side" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7836.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Spring water filtering facility
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aurorastrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street with a lot of trees both on the sidewalk and behind fences" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7838.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aurorastrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7841.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Hottingen.html">Hottingen</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a></span></p>Auhofstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-05-04:/auhofstrasse.html2024-05-04T21:40:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2685342.71&ykoord=1251290.995&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str116&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Auhofstrasse </a>starts from Saatlenstrasse and ends in a dead-end, with footpaths continuing to Luegislandstrasse and to the Auhof school. It is named after its historical name for a property that was located on a body of water.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Auhofstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street with 4-5-storey buildings on the left side, hedges and trees with cars parked on the side of the street on the right side." src="/pics/2024/05/imgp5615.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Auhofstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street with hedges on both sides, buildings on the left side and trees on the right side" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp5617.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snowberries_in_Z%C3%BCrich,_Switzerland.jpg"><picture><img alt="Green foliage with a branch bearing white berries in the foreground" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp5621.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sculpture_on_Auhofstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A stylized sculpture of an animal (a kangaroo?) in front of a low building with small, high windows." src="/pics/2024/05/imgp5625-blog-2048-2.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Is that a kangaroo? Or something else? I think it's a kangaroo.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Auhofstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street with hedges on both sides, cars on the left side, 3-storey buildings on the right side, and a hill with a forest visible in the background" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp5627.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Schwamendingen.html">Schwamendingen</a>, <a href="/sculpture.html">sculpture</a></span></p>Augustinerhoftag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-05-02:/augustinerhof.html2024-05-02T20:07:00+00:00<p class="post-item">Augustinerhof goes from <a href="./augustinergasse.html">Augustinergasse</a> to St Peterstrasse. It is named after the old <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustinerkloster_Z%C3%BCrich">Augustinian monastery</a> that stood there (on the site of the current <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustinerkirche_Z%C3%BCrich">Augustinerkirche</a>).
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Augustinerhof_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Augustinerhof" sign on a yellow concrete wall below a wooden wall part" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7763.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Augustinerhof.jpg"><picture><img alt="A paved alleyway with 3-4-story buildings on each side and a church building at the end of it" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7765-blog-2048-2.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>In the background: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustinerkirche_Z%C3%BCrich">Augustinerkirche</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roofs_of_Augustinerhof_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Rooftops at various heights, with a "Augustinerhof" sign at the bottom of a 3-pane dormer window. A green church steeple is visible in the background." src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7769.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Altstadt.html">Altstadt</a></span></p>Augustinergassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-05-01:/augustinergasse.html2024-05-01T21:56:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2683141.125&ykoord=1247394.49&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str114&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Augustinergasse</a> goes from St Peterhofstatt to Bahnhofstrasse. It is named after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustinerkloster_Z%C3%BCrich">Augustinian monastery</a> that used to exist there.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Augustinergasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Augustinergasse" street sign on a concrete building wall" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7771.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poem_on_a_wall_on_Augustinergasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow alley with a 3-storey building with green blinds, with a poem written on the wall: wo chiemte mer hi wenn alli seite wo chiemte mer hi und niemer giengti für einisch z'luege wohi dass me chiem we me gieng" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7774.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The text on the wall is Swiss German from Bern; it was written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Marti">Kurt Marti</a>. Attempt at translation:
</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item">where would we end up
</p><p class="post-item">if everyone said
</p><p class="post-item">where we would end up
</p><p class="post-item">and no one ever went
</p><p class="post-item">to take a look even once
</p><p class="post-item">to where we would end up
</p><p class="post-item">if we did go
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roter_Lowe_descriptive_plate.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue sign on a coral-colored wall, reading: Roter Löwe Das mittlealteriche Wohnhaus gehörte im 14. Jh. dem Augustinerkloster. Bei einem Umbau in der 1. Hälfte des 18. JH. wurde di Gassenfassade mit hohen Fenstern, dem Kastenerker und der Kartusche mit dem Hausnamen neu gestaltet. 1921 erhielt das Erdgeschoss durch Einbau eines Ladengeschäftes mit den drei Bogenöffnungen sein heutiges Aussehen. Unter Denkmalschutz seit 1988" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7788.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Text translates to: "Roter Löwe (Red Lion) - This medieval house belonged to the Augustinian monastery in the 14th century. It was renovated in the first half of the 18th century and the façade was redesigned with high windows, the bay window and the cartouche with the house name. In 1921, the ground floor got its current appearance with the addition of a shop with three arches.
</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item">Protected building since 1988".
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Augustinergasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A pedestrian alley with 4-storey buildings on each side, shop fronts on the ground floor, and a lot of Swiss flags hanging from the buildings" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7779.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>On the left side, the coral building with the red oriel window is the aforementioned Roter Löwe.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zunft_zum_Widder_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A house sign showing "Zunft zum Widder" with, on each side, a ram with a cleaver." src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7781.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>"<a href="https://www.zunft-widder.ch/">Zunft zum Widder</a>" - the butcher guild
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Augustinergasse_15_descriptive_plaque.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue sign on a wall, with a church-like looking building in the background. The sign reads "Augustinergasse 15 1838 liess sich der Apotheker Christoph Locher (1805-1860) anstelle eines ältern Anbaues an den "Roten Löwen" hier ein Wohnhaus errichten. Der Neubau mit repräsentativer spätklassizistischer fassade enthielt im Erdgeschoss eine Apotheke und ein Laboratorium. 1877 erhielt das Haus sein heutiges Aussehen, als es vom Mezgermeister Theodor Kuser (1845-1906) zur Metzgerei umgebaut wurde. 1910 bauten die Metzger Niedermann anstelle eines Waschhauses und eines Schopfes den westlich anschlissenden Magazinbau. Unter Denkmalschutz seit 1988."" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7783.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Text translates to: "Pharmacist Christoph Locher (1805-1860) had a residential building built here in place of an old extension to the 'Roten Löwen'. The new building, with its façade representative of late classicism, hosted a pharmacy and a laboratory on the ground floor.
</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item">The building was given its current aspect in 1877 when master butcher Theodor Kuser (1845-1906) converted it to a butcher shop.
</p><p class="post-item">In 1919, the butchers Niedermann built the adjacent warehouse on the west side in place of a washhouse and a shed.
</p><p class="post-item">Protected building since 1988".
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Augustinergasse_15.jpg"><picture><img alt="A building on a street corner, with the entrance façade showing columns and a framed gable roof." src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7785.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Augustinergasse 15
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oriel_window_on_Augustinergasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A rectangular oriel window protruding from a building with apartments and a shopfront." src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7792.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oriel_window_on_Augustinergasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A two-storey ornate oriel window protruding from a dark green building" src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7794.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Augustinergasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A pedestrian alleyway with shops and restaurants, 3-4 storey-buildings, a few oriel windows, and a dozen pedestrians." src="/pics/2024/05/imgp7798.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Altstadt.html">Altstadt</a></span></p>Auguste-Piccard-Hoftag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-04-30:/auguste-piccard-hof.html2024-04-30T21:05:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2680725.225&ykoord=1251411.515&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str2458&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Auguste-Piccard-Hof</a> is a square on the Hönggerberg campus of ETH. And, to be completely honest, I'm not entirely sure that the pictures I have there actually depict it. I have seen at least three different maps that place it in three different exact spots, and the signage there was not exactly clear either; plus, a spot that I suspect would be part of it was actually under heavy works when I went there. Let's say that all in all, I'm 50% confident this is the right place, and 100% confident the right place is within 100m :P
</p><p class="post-item">The square is named after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Piccard">Auguste Piccard</a>, a Swiss physicist (affiliated with the Free University of Brussels), who was one of the first two people to enter the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratosphere">stratosphere </a>(in a hydrogen balloon), the inventor of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathyscaphe">bathyscaphe</a>, and also the inspiration for Tryphon Tournesol in Tintin (in the English version <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Calculus">Cuthbert Calculus</a>). Oh, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Luc_Picard">Jean-Luc Picard</a> was apparently named after his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Piccard">twin brother</a>.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Auguste-Piccard-Hof_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A sign at the entrance of a building, indicating 1 Auguste-Piccard-Hof, with mentions of various physics labs." src="/pics/2024/04/imgp5728.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coniferous_trees_on_ETH_H%C3%B6nggerberg.jpg"><picture><img alt="A lawn with a few coniferous trees and a two-story building on the right side" src="/pics/2024/04/imgp5729.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sitting_areas_on_ETH_H%C3%B6nggerberg.jpg"><picture><img alt="A lawn between paths, with a few sittings areas - one under sunshades, one under a stone structure, and one under trees." src="/pics/2024/04/imgp5731.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Höngg.html">Höngg</a>, <a href="/park.html">park</a>, <a href="/tree.html">tree</a></span></p>August-Forel-Strassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-04-28:/august-forel-strasse.html2024-04-28T21:01:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2685562.0800697845&ykoord=1245523.522909188&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str113&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">August-Forel-Strasse</a> goes from Buchenweg to Lenggstrasse. It is named after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Forel">August Forel</a>, who was a psychiatrist, neuroanatomist (including early work on neurons) and myrmecologist. His portrait was on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Swiss_franc#Sixth_series">1000CHF note from 1978 to 2000</a>. He also held <a href="https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2024/04/knocked-off-his-pedestal/">eugenicist and racist views</a>, and put these views into practice during his tenure as director of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgh%C3%B6lzli">Burghölzli</a> psychiatric hospital.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_August-Forel-Strasse_-_Kinderspital.jpg"><picture><img alt="A round building with white balconies covering recessed windows." src="/pics/2024/04/imgp6687.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The new building of the <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinderspital_Z%C3%BCrich">Kinderspital</a> (pediatric hospital)
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_August-Forel-Strasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow road with 3-storey residential buildings on the left and a wooden fence with trees on the right." src="/pics/2024/04/imgp6691.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chimney_on_August-Forel-Strasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A busy picture with, from front to back, a wooden fence, a couple of greenhouses, a vertical concrete structure (probably a chimney) with red ivy growing on it, and trees." src="/pics/2024/04/imgp6695.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>This is PROBABLY a (defunct?) chimney from the Burghölzli psychiatric hospital, considering the placement and shape, but I haven't been able to confirm this - that thing is visible on aerial photography, but not on maps :D
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ivy-covered_wall_on_August-Forel-Strasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="The wall of a structure, completely covered in ivy (mostly green, some red), with a couple of tile roofs on top." src="/pics/2024/04/imgp6701.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_August-Forel-Strasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue August-Forel-Strasse sign on a metallic pole in front of trees" src="/pics/2024/04/imgp6706.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Riesbach.html">Riesbach</a></span></p>Auf der Mauertag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-04-23:/auf-der-mauer.html2024-04-23T21:20:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=16000&xkoord=2683564.8955&ykoord=1247994.545&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str112&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Auf der Mauer</a> goes from Hirschengraben to Leonhardstrasse. It is named after buildings built on top of Hirschengraben's wall (which were removed in 1867 and 1896). And the street does look like it's been build on top of a wall!
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_auf_der_Mauer_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Two blue street signs for Auf der Mauer and Hirschengraben in front of a building, a separating wall and some vegetation." src="/pics/2024/04/imgp6998.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Central_seen_from_Auf_der_Mauer.jpg"><picture><img alt="A large street intersection with a tram stop in the middle.There are a tram and a trolleybus visible on the picture, as well as buildings including the main station of Zürich." src="/pics/2024/04/imgp7002.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Central, as seen from Auf der Mauer. The building of the main station is visible in the background.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Predigerkirche_from_Auf_der_Mauer.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street going downhill, with buildings on the right and trees on the left, with a church tower with a green steeple in the background" src="/pics/2024/04/imgp7007.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The tower of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predigerkirche_Z%C3%BCrich">Predigerkirche</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Auf_der_Mauer.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street going uphill with 4-storey residential buildings on both sides and in the perpendicular road. A tree in the background is losing orange leaves on the ground." src="/pics/2024/04/imgp7009-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Polybahn_seen_from_Auf_der_Mauer.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street with a wall and a small building, with larger buildings on top, on the left, and buildings on the right; in the background, a red funicular going downhill." src="/pics/2024/04/imgp7016.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Oh look, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybahn">Polybahn</a>!
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Polybahn_track,_seen_from_Auf_der_Mauer.jpg"><picture><img alt="A funicular track with three roads at three different levels below it" src="/pics/2024/04/imgp7024.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Closer look at the Polybahn track
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_auf_der_Mauer,_seen_from_the_stairs_that_lead_to_it.jpg"><picture><img alt="A wall next to a road, on top of which there is a street with buildings. The wall is covered in ivy and other vegetation." src="/pics/2024/04/imgp7026.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Altstadt.html">Altstadt</a>, <a href="/bridge.html">bridge</a>, <a href="/church.html">church</a></span></p>Auf der Eggtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-04-11:/auf-der-egg.html2024-04-11T21:29:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2682652.1799999997&ykoord=1243933.5750000002&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str111&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Auf der Egg</a> goes from Eggstrasse to a formal dead-end that still has narrow paths downhill, reaching Kilchbergstrasse. It is named after the old location name meaning "auf der Ecke" (on the corner) to describe the small hill on which the current church stands.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Auf_der_Egg_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Auf der Egg" sign in front of trees" src="/pics/2024/04/imgp6118.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Auf_der_Egg.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small alley with two-storey residential buildings on the left and grass and trees on the right. A church tower is visible in the background." src="/pics/2024/04/imgp6119.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Sitzende%22_by_Otto_Charles_B%C3%A4nninger.jpg"><picture><img alt="White statue of a woman leaning/sitting on a high chair, in a park with trees and a bench behind it" src="/pics/2024/04/imgp6121.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>"Sitzende", statue by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_B%C3%A4nninger">Otto Charles Bänninger</a>.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Auf_der_Egg_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A church building composed of a light brown parallelepipedic building and a church tower with narrow openings and clocks on each side." src="/pics/2024/04/imgp6129.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Kirche Auf der Egg, also known as <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neue_Kirche_Wollishofen">Neue Kirche Wollishofen</a>.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:4mation-Zwingli_statue_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="" src="/pics/2024/04/imgp6130.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>That one made me giggle quite a lot, especially in front of a church. It's a statue of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huldrych_Zwingli">Ulrich Zwingli</a> with VR glasses and piles of books, and it was <a href="https://reformiert.info/de/video/mit-zwingli-zurueck-in-die-zukunft-18408.html">work from students from the Freie Evangelische Schule</a>.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_auf_der_Egg_in_Z%C3%BCrich,_facade_details.jpg"><picture><img alt="A brown wall with reliefs depicting Feeding the multitude (mural by Otto Bänninger), with a church tower in the background." src="/pics/2024/04/imgp6132.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Again some Otto Bänninger work, this time in form of a mural depicting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeding_the_multitude">feeding the multitude</a>.</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Wollishofen.html">Wollishofen</a>, <a href="/church.html">church</a>, <a href="/sculpture.html">sculpture</a></span></p>Aubruggwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-04-10:/aubruggweg.html2024-04-10T20:03:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2685456.596975408&ykoord=1251863.1147018322&lang=&layer=Gemeinn%C3%BCtziger+Wohnungsbau%3A%3A54&window=&selectedObject=str110&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Aubruggweg</a> starts on <a href="./am glattbogen.html">Am Glattbogen</a> and ends in a dead end. It is named after an ancient bridge built in 1809/1810 to replace a bridge destroyed in 1799 during fights between Imperial and French troops. That bridge burnt in 2009 and was rebuilt in 2016.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glatt_from_Aubruggweg,_looking_north-west.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow river with trees and grass on both banks. An industrial chimney is visible in the background." src="/pics/2024/04/imgp5423.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Glatt river, looking north-west
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glatt_from_Aubruggweg,_looking_south-east.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow river with trees and grass on both banks, an small stone bridge further along the river. An industrial chimney is visible in the background." src="/pics/2024/04/imgp5424.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Glatt river, looking south-east
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aubruggweg.jpg"><picture><img alt="A two-way street on a bridge, with another bridge for a larger road above it" src="/pics/2024/04/imgp5426.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Schwamendingen.html">Schwamendingen</a>, <a href="/bridge.html">bridge</a>, <a href="/river.html">river</a></span></p>Aubruggstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-04-04:/aubruggstrasse.html2024-04-04T19:54:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2685302.08&ykoord=1252012.34&lang=&layer=Gemeinn%C3%BCtziger+Wohnungsbau%3A%3A54&window=&selectedObject=str109&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Aubruggstrasse</a> goes from Ueberlandstrasse to Hagenholzstrasse. It is named after an ancient bridge built in 1809/1810 to replace a bridge destroyed in 1799 during fights between Imperial and French troops.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glatt_from_Aubruggstrasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="A river with trees on both banks and a path on the right bank." src="/pics/2024/04/imgp5414.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glatt_(Rhine)">Glatt</a> river
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hagenholz_chimney_seen_from_Aubruggstrasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="A one-way street with trees on both sides and a city bus, with a grey chimney in the background" src="/pics/2024/04/imgp5417.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kehrichtheizkraftwerk_Hagenholz">Hagenholz recycling plant</a> chimney
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aubruggstrasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="A 2x2 street with a sign to the highway and a high chimney (Aubrugg heat and power plant) with red and white checkered patterns on top in the background" src="/pics/2024/04/imgp5419.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="http://Heizkraftwerk Aubrugg">Aubrugg heat and power plant</a> chimney</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Schwamendingen.html">Schwamendingen</a>, <a href="/river.html">river</a></span></p>Aubrigstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-04-03:/aubrigstrasse.html2024-04-03T19:25:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2682488.7350000003&ykoord=1246847.79&lang=&layer=Gemeinn%C3%BCtziger+Wohnungsbau%3A%3A54&window=&selectedObject=str108&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Aubrigstrasse</a> goes from Parkring to Brandschenkestrasse. It is named after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_Aubrig">Aubrig</a> mountain.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aubrigstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Two blue street signs on a metallic pole in front of tree foliage. The readable sign shows Aubrigstrasse." src="/pics/2024/04/imgp6223.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aubrigstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street with painted yellow zebras, a stone wall on the left and a wooden fence on the right with trees behind it. There's an electric scooter parked on the zebras." src="/pics/2024/04/imgp6225.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aubrigstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street darkened by trees, with fences on each side. In the background, there are some buildings on a lower street level." src="/pics/2024/04/imgp6231.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_over_the_Alps_from_Aubrigstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street going down, with cars parked on each side and on the perpendicular road. In the middleground, some buildings on a lower-level street. In the far background, the Alps, quite hazy." src="/pics/2024/04/imgp6234.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Enge.html">Enge</a></span></p>Attenhoferstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-04-02:/attenhoferstrasse.html2024-04-02T14:14:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2684566.755&ykoord=1247550.2850000001&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str107&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Attenhoferstrasse</a> goes from Zürichbergstrasse to Hofstrasse. It is named after <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Attenhofer_(Musiker)">Karl Attenhofer</a>, composer and conductor.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Attenhoferstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street with a footpath separated from the street by grass and trees. A few 3-story buildings are visibles behind fences and hedges." src="/pics/2024/04/imgp4866.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Attenhoferstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A high, thin coniferous tree in front of a 3-story house, with blue skies and a few light clouds" src="/pics/2024/04/imgp4871.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Attenhoferstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A 5-storey residential building in brown bricks and white frames, with the fourth and fifth floors receding to yield space for rooftop terraces" src="/pics/2024/04/imgp4876.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Attenhoferstrasse_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street with a large turquoise crane at the end of it" src="/pics/2024/04/imgp4879.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mosaic_bird_statue.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small statue of a bird with a large beak, covered with red and yellow mosaic tiles" src="/pics/2024/04/imgp4883.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Fluntern.html">Fluntern</a>, <a href="/Hottingen.html">Hottingen</a>, <a href="/crane.html">crane</a>, <a href="/sculpture.html">sculpture</a>, <a href="/tree.html">tree</a></span></p>Asylstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-03-25:/asylstrasse.html2024-03-25T09:29:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=4000&xkoord=2684564.964108062&ykoord=1246947.653039846&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str106&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Asylstrasse</a> goes from Baschligplatz and goes to Klusplatz. It is named after the retirement home (Altersasyl / Altersheim) which still exists on Asylstrasse 24 since 1868.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Asylstrasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street with buildings and trees on each side and tram rails in the middle. A green cupola is visible in the background." src="/pics/2024/03/imgp5496.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_at_the_corner_of_Asylstrasse_and_Sofiastrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A four-story building. The corner is a small round tower with a concave conical roofs; the top of the building has moldings, and there are curved windows on the facade." src="/pics/2024/03/imgp5500.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brick_building_on_Asylstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small light brown brick building with two garage doors. A "Asylstrasse" blue street sign is attached to it." src="/pics/2024/03/imgp7631.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bar_Am_Egge_on_Asylstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="An orange residential building with a bar ("Bar Am Egge") on the ground floor, with an terrace and a gnarled tree climbing from the right side of the door up to the balconies on the right side of it" src="/pics/2024/03/imgp7634.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Pretty smart typography ("Bar Am Egge"), and cool climbing tree
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R%C3%B6merschloss_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A 6-story residential building with bay windows and spires on each corner" src="/pics/2024/03/imgp7639.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>"Römerschloss" building
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Statues_on_R%C3%B6merschloss.jpg"><picture><img alt="Two alcoves on each sides of a window, with draped women statues" src="/pics/2024/03/imgp7645.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Detail of Römerschloss
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R%C3%B6merschloss_description_plate.jpg"><picture><img alt="Blue sign written in German, reading "Römerschloss - 1895-1897 nach den Plänen von Baumeister Johan Scheck erbaut. Die Fassadengestaltung in reichen Neurenaissance-Formen mit Erkern unter Spitzhelmen betont den schlossartigen Charakter des herrschaftlichen Mietshauses. Unter Denkmalschutz seit 1991."" src="/pics/2024/03/imgp7647.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The sign translates to "Römerschloss - Built between 1895 and 1897 according to plans of the master builder Johan Scheck. The facade design in rich "neo/Renaissance" style with bay windows under pointed spires emphasizes the castle-like flair of this grand rental property. Under historical protection since 1991."
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_on_Asylstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A cream and brown 4-story residential building with arched dormers and a spire" src="/pics/2024/03/imgp7655.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Hirslanden.html">Hirslanden</a>, <a href="/Hottingen.html">Hottingen</a>, <a href="/sculpture.html">sculpture</a></span></p>Asternwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-03-13:/asternweg.html2024-03-13T22:12:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/32041047">Asternweg</a> goes from Berninastrasse to Malvenstrasse. It is named after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aster_(genus)">aster</a> flower.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Asternweg_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue Asternweg street sign on a metallic pole that also indicates "no cars or bikes", in front of a 2-story building with greenery." src="/pics/2024/03/imgp4787.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Asternweg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow, one-way residential street with wooden fences on both sides, some cars parked in blue parking spots on the left, and a church tower in the background." src="/pics/2024/03/imgp4789-blog-2048-2.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Asternweg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A curved residential street with wooden fences and greenery on each side, and a 3-story house in the background" src="/pics/2024/03/imgp4790.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Asternweg_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A half-timbered 3-story house in the middle of gardens with trees, hedges and flowers." src="/pics/2024/03/imgp4792.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Asternweg_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow one-way residential street with greenery on the left and 3-story white habitation buildings on the right. There are blue parking spots and a couple of cars parked on the street." src="/pics/2024/03/imgp4795-blog-2048-2.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Oerlikon.html">Oerlikon</a></span></p>Aspwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-03-10:/aspweg.html2024-03-10T21:21:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2682318.532606565&ykoord=1245150.6844106847&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str104&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Aspweg</a> goes from Bellariastrasse to Mutschellenstrasse, but it's interrupted between Kurfistenstrasse and Scheideggstrasse. It is named after the old location name "uff Aspen" (attested in 1424), which indicates the presence of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populus_tremula">aspen</a> trees growing there; additionally, the ancestral home of the "Asper von Wollishofen" family is located on Scheideggstrasse. (I am honestly not sure if they're talking about the family Asper, from Wollishofen, or if that's a whole family name unit! Maybe a bit of both?)
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aspweg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A paved path going up, with small steps and a rail on the right. There are low-rise buildings on each side and a tree in the background." src="/pics/2024/03/imgp4630.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_hydrangea_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A large ball of white flowers, with other hortensias visible in the background" src="/pics/2024/03/imgp4633.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>That was a particularly fluffy <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrangea">hortensia</a>.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aspweg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A paved path going down, with small steps and a rail on the left. There are low-rise buildings on each side and the lake and the city are visible in the background." src="/pics/2024/03/imgp4637.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Oh look, the lake!
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aspweg_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A paved path with stairs and metallic railings between trees. A 4-story building is visible behind the trees." src="/pics/2024/03/imgp4646.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aspweg_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="Stairs with metallic rails on each side between trees." src="/pics/2024/03/imgp4652.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Wollishofen.html">Wollishofen</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a></span></p>Aspholzstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-03-10:/aspholzstrasse.html2024-03-10T16:31:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/14870623#map=18/47.42338/8.50153">Aspholzstrasse</a> goes from Katzenseestrasse to Mühlackerstrasse. It is named after the former location name "Aspholz", which indicates that there was probably a group of aspen (Espe or Aspe in German) trees in the vicinity.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aspholzstrasse_and_Katsenzeestrasse_street_signs.jpg"><picture><img alt="A metallic pole with blue signs for Aspholzstrasse and Katzenseestrasse, as well as a "no motor vehicles allowed" sign, in front of a tree" src="/pics/2024/03/imgp6608.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aspholzstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A road with farm buildings; on the left, a light-colored wooden building; on the right, a darker building with a green silo on the side. There are wrapped bales next to the buildings." src="/pics/2024/03/imgp6609.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silo_on_Aspholzstrasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="A green silo on the side of a building with a metallic curved pipe leading to it" src="/pics/2024/03/imgp6611.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aspholzstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street with farm buildings and wrapped bales, and a green field in the background" src="/pics/2024/03/imgp6612.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Affoltern.html">Affoltern</a></span></p>Arvenwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-03-07:/arvenweg.html2024-03-07T22:37:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/14477661">Arvenweg</a> is a private street that goes from <a href="./algierstrasse.html">Algierstrasse</a> to Vetterliweg.It is named after the name of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_cembra">Swiss pine tree</a> (Arve) - like <a href="./arbentalstrasse.html">Arbentalstrasse</a>!
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arvenweg_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Arvenweg" sign in front of foliage, with a "road closed" white and red round sign below it" src="/pics/2024/03/imgp6297.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arvenweg.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow private street with residential buildings on the left and hedges on the right" src="/pics/2024/03/imgp6299.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Altstetten.html">Altstetten</a></span></p>Arthur-Rohn-Strassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-03-06:/arthur-rohn-strasse.html2024-03-06T15:48:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=8000&xkoord=2677881.8664944754&ykoord=1245890.638575166&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str101&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Arthur-Rohn-Strasse</a> starts at the Uitikon-Waldegg SZU train station and goes to Hohensteinstrasse. It is named after <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rohn">Arthur Rohn</a>, who was a civil engineer and rector of ETH.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arthur-Rohn-Strasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="A gravel forest path between trees with the sun shining through" src="/pics/2024/03/imgp5166.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uetliberg_forest_on_Arthur-Rohn-Strasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Forest of mixed coniferous and deciduous trees" src="/pics/2024/03/imgp5181.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dense_trees_on_Arthur-Rohn-Strasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A densely-packed spot of high, thin, coniferous trees" src="/pics/2024/03/imgp5200.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ivy_on_a_tree_in_Uetliberg_forest.jpg"><picture><img alt="Ivy growing on a trunk covered with lichen" src="/pics/2024/03/imgp5205.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walter_Sch%C3%A4delin_memorial_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A stone in the middle of foliage, covered with moss/lichen. A metallic plate on it reads "Dr.hc Walter Schädelin - 1873 - 1953 - Professor für Waldbau an der ETH - 1924 - 1940"." src="/pics/2024/03/imgp5208.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Memorial for <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Sch%C3%A4delin">Walter Schädelin</a>. The plate translates to "Dr. hc. Walter Schädelin - 1873 - 1953 - Professor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silviculture">silviculture </a>at ETH - 1924 - 1940".</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Albisrieden.html">Albisrieden</a></span></p>Arterstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-03-04:/arterstrasse.html2024-03-04T22:32:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/4480945">Arterstrasse</a> goes from Minervastrasse to Neptunstrasse. It is named after <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110997181">Adolf Arter-Koch</a>, who bequeathed a nearby property (at the end of the street) to the city under the condition that it would be set up as a park.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shed_on_Arterstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A wooden shed at the boundary of a park, with graffiti on it and a green bike against it." src="/pics/2024/03/imgp7604.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arterstrasse_street_name_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Arterstrasse" sign on a metallic pole with foliage behind it" src="/pics/2024/03/imgp7607.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Facades_on_Arterstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Colored facades of 4-story residential buildings on a street with cars parked in front of them" src="/pics/2024/03/imgp7609.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merkurplatz_seen_from_Arterstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A park with people playing pétanque. There's a street with a row of cars in the foreground." src="/pics/2024/03/imgp7610.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Hottingen.html">Hottingen</a></span></p>Arosastrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-03-03:/arosastrasse.html2024-03-03T17:38:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2684770.835&ykoord=1245299.6099999999&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str99&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Arosastrasse</a> goes from Mühlebachstrasse to Seefeldstrasse. It is named after the town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arosa">Arosa</a> in Graubünden.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arosastrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Arosa-Str" sign on a wall that has an arched opening and terracotta pots on top of it" src="/pics/2024/03/imgp6192.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arosastrasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="A one-way street with, on the left, a stone wall and trees and, on the right, 2-story buildings and a row of parked cars" src="/pics/2024/03/imgp6194.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pillars_on_Arosastrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A stone wall, partly hidden by vegetation, with 4 visible stone pillars on top of it" src="/pics/2024/03/imgp6197.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gate_on_Arosastrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A metallic gate to an area with trees between two stone walls" src="/pics/2024/03/imgp6199.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Riesbach.html">Riesbach</a></span></p>Arosasteigtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-02-28:/arosasteig.html2024-02-28T12:40:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2684785.52&ykoord=1245377.3900000001&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str98&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Arosasteig</a> goes from <a href="./altenhofstrasse.html">Altenhofstrasse</a> to Zollikerstrasse. It is named after the town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arosa">Arosa</a> in Graubünden.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arosasteig_street_name_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A metallic pole in front of a green hedge with signs to Altenhofstasse and Arosasteig, as well as an arrow sign to Kath. Erlöserkirche" src="/pics/2024/02/imgp6184.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arosasteig_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street between a painted wall, overlooked by a hedge and residential buildings, and a ground-level hedge." src="/pics/2024/02/imgp6186.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://alphabeticalzurich.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/imgp6188.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street lamp with ivy growing on it, in the middle of green trees" src="/pics/2024/02/imgp6188.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arosasteig_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street going up, with stone and wooden fences on each side, trees hiding what's behind, and a couple of residential building" src="/pics/2024/02/imgp6190.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Riesbach.html">Riesbach</a></span></p>Arnikawegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-02-20:/arnikaweg.html2024-02-20T21:20:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/24558215">Arnikaweg</a> starts from Kügeliloostrassse and ends on Robert-Maillart-Strasse (the path to that street is closed by a fence). It is named after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnica">arnica</a> plant.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arnikaweg_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Arnikaweg" sign in front of tree branches" src="/pics/2024/02/imgp7588.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arnikaweg.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small path behind a wooden fence door that expands to a larger street a few meters further. There are a wooden fence and trees on the left side, ande more trees on the right side. Medium-height buildings are visible on the right side, and higher rises in the background." src="/pics/2024/02/imgp7590.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Affoltern.html">Affoltern</a></span></p>Arminstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-02-18:/arminstrasse.html2024-02-18T22:02:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2684448.705&ykoord=1251339.5350000001&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str95&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Arminstrasse</a> goes from Funkwiesenstrasse to Tramstrasse. It is named after the masculine name Armin.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arminstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Arminstrasse" sign on a metallic pole in front of a building." src="/pics/2024/02/imgp7485.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arminstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street with a 20km/h speed limit. There are 3-4-story buildings on both sides; the right side additionally has green hedges." src="/pics/2024/02/imgp7487.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hazel_tree_seed_pods_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Green seed pods on a tree. In the blurred background, more branches and pods, and a yellow/orange house." src="/pics/2024/02/imgp7489.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Apparently, hazel tree seed pods.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arminstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street with 3-4 story-buildings, some wooden fences and a few cars parked on the street and near the buildings. There is snow on the rooftops." src="/pics/2024/02/imgp7494.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Oerlikon.html">Oerlikon</a></span></p>Armin-Bollinger-Wegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-02-17:/armin-bollinger-weg.html2024-02-17T21:57:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2682966.8200000003&ykoord=1252088.44&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str94&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Armin-Bollinger-Weg</a> goes from Max-Bill-Platz to Brown-Boveri-Strasse. It is named after <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Bollinger">Armin Bollinger</a>, professor and historian.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Armin-Bollinger-Weg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A park with a lot of trees without leaves, and a blue observation tower in the background" src="/pics/2024/02/imgp7559.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aussichtsturm_Oerlikonturm">Oerlikon observation tower</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Armin-Bollinger-Weg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A quiet street with 4-storey buildings on the left side, a glass building in the background, and a park with an observation tower on the right side." src="/pics/2024/02/imgp7561.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Armin-Bollinger-Weg_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Blue "Armin-Bollinger-Weg" sign in front of trees and buildings. The sign reads: "Armin Bollinger (1913-1995). Prof. an der Handelshochschule St. Gallen. Verfasser Ortgeschichte Oerlikon"." src="/pics/2024/02/imgp7562.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The sign translates to "Armin Bollinger (1913-1995). Professor at the St. Gallen business school. Author of a local history work about Oerlikon."
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Armin-Bollinger-Weg_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A park with gravel, some leafless trees, in front of buildings. There are wooden benches with high backrests." src="/pics/2024/02/imgp7564.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Oerlikerpark</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Oerlikon.html">Oerlikon</a>, <a href="/park.html">park</a></span></p>Arianestrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-02-13:/arianestrasse.html2024-02-13T09:03:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2684234.925&ykoord=1253244.33&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str2482&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Arianestrasse</a> goes from Schaffhauserstrasse to Stelzenstrasse. It is named after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_(rocket_family)">Ariane</a> launch vehicle. The space division of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheinmetall_Air_Defence">Oerlikon Contraves</a> armament company (in the meantime renamed as Contraves Space, Ruag Space and now <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Gravity">Beyond Gravity</a>), which is a supplier of Arianespace, is located on this street.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arianestrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Blue street sign for Arianestrasse on a grey pole, with a pink/brown building in the background" src="/pics/2024/02/imgp6519.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arianestrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street with 6-story office buildings and a few cars parked on parking lots. A train is passing in the background." src="/pics/2024/02/imgp6521.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tracks_at_the_end_of_Arianestrasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="The end of a street, with a building in the background, and a white and red Deutsche Bahn ICE train moving on tracks perpendicularly to the street." src="/pics/2024/02/imgp6523.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arianestrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street with buildings and parking lots on each side, some birch trees on the side and an unidentified large tree in the background." src="/pics/2024/02/imgp6525.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Power_substation_on_Arianestrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="An electrical substation in front of a multi-story parking lot." src="/pics/2024/02/imgp6532.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://company.sbb.ch/de/sbb-als-geschaeftspartner/leistungen-evu/energie/produktion/frequenzumformer/seebach.html">SBB power substation Seebach</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beyond_Gravity_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A metallic wall with half a rocket head on its side, and the Beyond Gravity logo on the wall. There's a metallic fence with barbed wire visible at the bottom of the picture." src="/pics/2024/02/imgp6533.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Seebach.html">Seebach</a>, <a href="/trains.html">trains</a>, <a href="/tree.html">tree</a></span></p>Arbenzstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-02-12:/arbenzstrasse.html2024-02-12T20:56:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2684377.1940305084&ykoord=1245960.456723965&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str93&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Arbenzstrasse</a> goes from Höschgasse to Mühlebachstrasse. It is named after <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110997078">Johann Jakob Arbenz-Näf</a>, who was a silk manufacturer and was living in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riesbach">Riesbach</a>.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arbenzstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A building facade with parts of windows, a shop front, and a blue Arbenzstrasse street name sign attached to the wall." src="/pics/2024/02/imgp6157.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arbenzstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Facades of 5-story buildings with protruding windows and dormer windows under arched roofs." src="/pics/2024/02/imgp6159.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arbenzstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Corner of a street with 5-story residential buildings with tiled roofs and dormer windows." src="/pics/2024/02/imgp6162.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arbenzstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="Two-story buildings at the end of a street. The right building has a roof terrace and is bright yellow with dark red blinds and a turquoise double door. The sign on the building reads "Atelier D'Art, CHS. Mosimann, Vergolderei Spieguel Rahmen". The left side of the building has a very colorful window, a turquoise door with a few steps in front of them, and a penguin statue." src="/pics/2024/02/imgp6163.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Riesbach.html">Riesbach</a></span></p>Arbentalstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-01-31:/arbentalstrasse.html2024-01-31T21:34:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2680891.675&ykoord=1245828.745&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str92&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Arbentalstrasse</a> goes from Frauentalweg to Borrweg. It is named after the old location name, which comes from "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_cembra">Arben</a>" (Arve - Swiss pine) and "Tal" (valley).
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arbentalstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street with 2-storey buildings and hedges on both sides of the street. The forefront building has an (unreadable) large relief inscription on one of the walls." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5065.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arbentalstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Relief on a wall with in image of white flowers and green leaves, as well as tools including a shovel, and a coat of arms with three stars and greenery. The text of the inscription is available in the caption of the image." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5067.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Transcription, found on <a href="https://www.alt-zueri.ch/turicum/strassen/a/arbentalstrasse/arbentalstrasse.html">Alt-Züri</a>: "Im Chriegsjahr vierevierzg e Wohnig z'finde ischt schwer gsi für en Maa mit Frau und Chinde! Zur Hülff hätt d'FGZ im Arbetaal e Sidlig boue - s'dryzäät Maal! S'ischt öppe schüüli harzig g'ange bis s'Gält und d'Stai händ wele lange: doch guete Wille und verainti Chrafft sind d'Sterchi vonere Gnosseschaft!". Which would roughly translate to English as "In 1944, during the war, it was very hard to find a place to live for a man with his wife and kids. To help with that, the <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familienheim-Genossenschaft_Z%C3%BCrich">FGZ</a> started to build dwellings - for the 13th time - in Arbental. It was sometimes very difficult before getting enough money and stones; but good will and united forces are the strength of a community."
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arbentalstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street with wooden fences and small gardens and 3-storey buildings. There's blue parking spots on the right side of the street, with some cars." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5070-blog-2048-2.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Arbentalstrasse_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small stair leading to a paved road with hedges and greenery on each side, and an arch in a building in the background (in front of the Uetliberg in the haze)." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5074.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Wiedikon.html">Wiedikon</a></span></p>Aprikosenstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-01-30:/aprikosenstrasse.html2024-01-30T13:36:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2685414.48&ykoord=1251215.9449999998&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str91&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Aprikosenstrasse</a> goes from Saatlenstrasse to Auhofstrasse. It is named after the apricot fruit.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aprikosenstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Blue Aprikosenstrasse on a metallic pole in front of green leaves" src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5629.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aprikosenstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street with 3-storey beige buildings with brown blinds behind a hedge" src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5631.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brick_wall_with_ladder_rungs.jpg"><picture><img alt="A brick wall with metallic ladder rungs attached to it, with a metallic structure on top, and a tree behind the building." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5633.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aprikosenstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street with 2-3-story buildings and cars parked on each side" src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5634.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Schwamendingen.html">Schwamendingen</a></span></p>100 streets!tag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-01-23:/100-streets.html2024-01-23T22:09:00+00:00<p class="post-item">With <a href="./appenzellerweg.html">Appenzellerweg</a>, I reached 100 published streets! This feels like quite the milestone.
</p><p class="post-item">It feels like a good time to do a "personal best-of" of the pictures I took over these first few months, and to reflect a bit. I went through all the posts and I picked my favorites. I didn't really try set a limit, so that's a fairly large best-of, but I like that it ends up showing many facets of my city. Collecting this best-of has been wonderful, because it made me revisit the places I've visited, and I actually remember taking all of these! More than the intrinsic quality of the picture (I'll let you be the judge of that), I'm enthusiastic about remembering the feeling of taking these pictures (which usually involved giggling with "oooh this is going to be a cool picture!").
</p><p class="post-item">I also have a few thoughts that I want to share after some time spent on this project.
</p><ul class="post-item"><li> It's really quite ambitious, and it takes a lot of time. Taking the pictures is one thing; editing and publishing is more work than I predicted. I'm getting reasonably efficient at both of these, mostly by embracing "good enough" (in particular for the picture editing).
</li><li> Writing alt texts is a large portion of that publishing time. Again, I'm getting faster/more efficient (especially when it comes to dealing with the double "Wordpress/Wikimedia Commons" workflow), but that's still significant work, that I'm not sure I'm doing well enough.
</li><li> I learnt more stuff than I expected too! I learnt a bit more about flora, and about architecture terms (may I recommend <a href="https://floraincognita.com/">Flora Incognita</a>, as well as the Wikipedia article about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_roof_shapes">List of roof shapes</a>?). And, obviously, about a few local people and a bit more German (and Swiss German!)
</li><li> I'm very grateful to the amount of data provided by the city of Zürich, particularly on their <a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=8000&xkoord=2683299&ykoord=1247363&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">map</a>: being able to pinpoint a tree or a work of public art is very, very useful.
</li><li> I'm still enjoying this tremendously. I will admit it's been a bit harder to go get pictures recently due to a/ winter weather b/ winter daylight length c/ winter fatigue (sense a theme yet?), but I never regret going there once I'm there.
</li><li> I still have no idea how to deal with long streets. I shot <a href="./albisriederstrasse.html">Albisriederstrasse</a> over several outings as I was moving around it, and that's probably the way it's going to work for long streets in general, but it feels harder to capture "correctly". I probably need to let go of that goal and go with what I get :)
</li><li> Some streets are more challenging than others. In particular, while very residential areas typically don't have much interesting larger views, they usually have small fun details, but that might be infringing on the privacy of people, so it feels better to avoid it. I'm not sure what is the right balance here.
</li><li> I was initially striving to post once a day: this is clearly not happening right now. Which means: at the current rate, this project is going to take even longer than I initially expected it to take if I want to complete it. I'm fine with that, we'll see where we're at when it's not fun anymore ;)
</li><li> I'm definitely more comfortable with having the next few streets (ideally at least 7, that's "a week of posts" for daily posts) shot at all times. I've had an issue recently where I couldn't post because I just didn't have the pictures (and no time/weather to go get them), and I put myself more pressure than I would have wanted on that.
</li></ul><p class="post-item">Okay, I promised pictures and, instead, I wrote a wall of text - get some pictures! They are all linked to their corresponding street - enjoy the visit!
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./ackersteinstrasse.html"><picture><img alt="A carpet of green leaves and blue flowers, some of them open, some of them decaying, over a concrete low wall." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4943.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="./ackersteinstrasse.html">Ackersteinstrasse</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./adlisbergstrasse.html"><picture><img alt="Top of a tree stump, covered in moss, with a bit of grass and the very beginning (sprig and two leaves) of a small tree." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4986.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Adlisbergstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./aegertenstrasse.html"><picture><img alt="A traffic mirror showing a residential street with 4-stories buildings and cars parked on the street. The photographer is visible behind their camera on the bottom of the picture; the sky is visible above the curved mirror." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp5302.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="./aegertenstrasse.html">Aegertenstrasse</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./aehrenweg.html"><picture><img alt="A giant chess set in a park. The pieces are mostly on the board, but some of them have fallen." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5334.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Aehrenweg
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./affolternstrasse.html"><picture><img alt="A large L-shaped building with a lot of windows reflecting the blue sky, next to a smaller, older-looking building, above train tracks in Zürich Oerlikon." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp4852.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="./affolternstrasse.html">Affolternstrasse</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./albert-naf-platz.html"><picture><img alt="Facade a Credit Suisse building on Albert-Näf-Platz. The sides have bay windows over the height of the building, topped with small domes. The building is criss-crossed by the tram cables that are in front of it." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp4766.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="./albert-näf-platz.html">Albert-Näf-Platz</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./albin-zollinger-platz.html"><picture><img alt="A small square, separated from the street by posts, where a large silver maple tree seems to hover on a memorial stone. The background shows the street behind the square." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5780.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="./albin-zollinger-platz.html">Albin-Zollinger-Platz</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./albisriederweg.html"><picture><img alt="Two trees next to each other detaching in front of a cloudless blue sky, with a few lower trees below them. The trunks of the trees are covered in foliage, which is particularly lively on the right tree." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5873.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="./albisriederweg.html">Albisriederweg</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./alderstrasse.html"><picture><img alt="A statue of a naked woman, kneeling and untangling her hair with a comb." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp6156.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="./alderstrasse.html">Alderstrasse</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./alfred-escher-strasse.html"><picture><img alt="A building made of glass waves, on which the sun reflects multiple times over an arc in the top left corner of the building." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6264.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="./alfred-escher-strasse.html">Alfred-Escher-Strasse</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./alfred-strebel-weg.html"><picture><img alt="A green Citroën 2CV with a sticker "I fly bleifrei" on the side" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5657.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="./alfred-strebel-weg.html">Alfred-Strebel-Weg</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./allenmoosstrasse.html"><picture><img alt="A white door on top of a few steps protected by a metal rail. There's a large amount of ivy around the door, a small gridded window, and hortensia flowers behind the wooden fence below the door." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4799.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="./allenmoosstrasse.html">Allenmoosstrasse</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./allenwiesliweg.html"><picture><img alt="Three white and black fungi with open caps, and some smaller brown fungi on the ground, in a forest" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6392.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="./allenwiesliweg.html">Allenwiesliweg</a> (possibly my favorite set of pictures overall!)
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./alte-kalchbuhlstrasse.html"><picture><img alt="Two metallic poles, in between which a yellow sunflower appears" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6116.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="./alte kalchbühlstrasse.html">Alte Kalchbühlstrasse</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./alte-regensdorferstrasse.html"><picture><img alt="A beaver sculpted in a tree as a base for a water fountain" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6634.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="./alte regensdorferstrasse.html">Alte Regensdorferstrasse</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./altstetterplatz.html"><picture><img alt="Fountain in Altstetterplatz in Zürich - a small faucet projects water on rocks protuding from a metallic grid; a lot of moss has grown on the structure." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4574.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="./altstetterplatz.html">Altstetterplatz</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./altstetterstrasse.html"><picture><img alt="A catalpa tree in Altstetterstrasse in Zürich: above a street with a zebra crossing, a tree, planted on the sidewalk, grows a canopy over the road. Long "beanpods" are hanging from the tree." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4579.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="./altstetterstrasse.html">Altstetterstrasse</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./am-giessen.html"><picture><img alt="A river, seen from the side, with poplar trees in the background and the sun reflecting on the water." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6798.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="./am giessen.html">Am Giessen</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./am-honggerberg.html"><picture><img alt="View from Am Hönggerberg in Zürich: a green meadow, red buildings, and further away with some haze, the city, the Uetliberg on the right, and the Alps on the right" src="/pics/2023/11/imgp5747.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="./am hönggerberg.html">Am Hönggerberg</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./am-schanzengraben.html"><picture><img alt="Metallic reliefs depicting industrial scenes: men moving beams, using a crane, moving wagons in tunnels. The reliefs are hollow and fixed on a beige stone wall." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6220.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="./am schanzengraben.html">Am Schanzengraben</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./am-wettingertobel.html"><picture><img alt="A small stream flowing down dirt steps, seen from downstream, with ivy and vegetations all around." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp4897.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="./am wettingertobel.html">Am Wettingertobel</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="Ameisenweg"><picture><img alt="A forest path between trees. There are a lot of yellow/brown leaves on the ground." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7228.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="http://Ameisenweg">Ameisenweg</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./amperestrasse.html"><picture><img alt="A high windowless tower in the background, standing out against blue sky, with small red buildings in the foreground." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7246.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="./ampèrestrasse.html">Ampèrestrasse</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./an-der-specki.html"><picture><img alt="Statue of a laying cow, painted as a leopard, with a cowbell, under a low tree." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp6322.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="http://An der Specki">An der Specki</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./andreasstrasse.html"><picture><img alt="Two glass high rise buildings in front of each other, the right one reflecting on the left one. The right one has a Crédit Suisse logo." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp4744.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="./andreasstrasse.html">Andreasstrasse</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./ankengasse.html"><picture><img alt="A hanging sign with a man wearing suspenders decorated with cows and smoking the pipe, a small Swiss flag, and decorative golden frame, with Aelpli Bar written below it." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7333.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="./ankengasse.html">Ankengasse</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./apfelbaumstrasse.html"><picture><img alt="An insect hotel: multiple pieces of different essences of wood with various sizes of holes, assembled in a human-eye pleasing way" src="/pics/2024/01/imgp7504.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="./apfelbaumstrasse.html">Apfelbaumstrasse</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="./apollostrasse.html"><picture><img alt="A sandstone church with a church tower topped by tented roof and a cross. The entrance is a wide staircase ending on a round arched door; there's a round arched window on top of it." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5564.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="./apollostrasse.html">Apollostrasse</a></figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Best-Of.html">Best-Of</a>, <a href="/Meta.html">Meta</a></span></p>Appenzellerwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-01-22:/appenzellerweg.html2024-01-22T12:21:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/19844056">Appenzellerweg</a> goes from Obere Bläsistrasse to a dead-end. Like <a href="./appenzellerstrasse.html">Appenzellerstrasse</a>, it is named after the Appenzeller family name. According to my spreadsheet, it also has the honor of being the 100th street published on this blog!
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Appenzellerweg_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Blue street signs on a metal pole for Obere Bläsistrasse (on the left) and Appenzellerweg (on the right)" src="/pics/2024/01/imgp6774.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_from_Appenzellerweg_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A green meadow in the foreground, red residential 4-storey buildings and trees in the middle ground, the Uetliberg and the Alps in the background, with the Sun already behind the mountains" src="/pics/2024/01/imgp6775.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>View over the Uetliberg... and the Alps!
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meadow_at_the_end_of_Appenzellerweg_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A green meadow with cows and trees" src="/pics/2024/01/imgp6777.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>And also cows.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Electric_tower_on_Appenzellerweg_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A white 3-storey tower with a pyramid roof, next to a dirt path on the edge of a road" src="/pics/2024/01/imgp6780.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>According to <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/387452961">OSM</a>, this is a transformer tower.</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Alps.html">Alps</a>, <a href="/Höngg.html">Höngg</a></span></p>Appenzellerstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-01-21:/appenzellerstrasse.html2024-01-21T13:26:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=16000&xkoord=2680734.9525&ykoord=1250515.497&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str90&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Appenzellerstrasse</a> goes from Kürbergstrasse to Müseliweg. Apparently, it is named after the Appenzeller family name and not directly after the Appenzell village or canton(s), but that's probably just an extra hop :)
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Appenzellerstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Blue "Appenzellerstrasse" street sign on a pole with other signs, in front of stairs and a mat of vegetation." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp6748.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coniferous_and_deciduous.jpg"><picture><img alt="Alternating deciduous and coniferous trees - the coniferous are dark green, the deciduous are yellow/orange; in front of 4-storey buildings." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp6751.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>A prime example of coniferous versus deciduous trees :P
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Appenzellerstrasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street with blue angled parking spaces on each side of the street. There's a hedge on the left side, and the 4-storey building on the left is elevated compared to the level of the street." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp6753.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grapevines_on_Appenzellerstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street with a small patch of grape vines growing on its left" src="/pics/2024/01/imgp6760.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>And suddenly <a href="https://hoengger.ch/wuemmet-im-rebsortengarten/">grapevines</a>.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Appenzellerstrasse_end.jpg"><picture><img alt="The dead-end of a street, shaped as a circle with a tree in the middle. On the right side of the street, light yellow 2-3-storey buildings; on the left side, vegetation and grapevines." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp6761.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Höngg.html">Höngg</a>, <a href="/tree.html">tree</a></span></p>Apollostrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-01-16:/apollostrasse.html2024-01-16T08:32:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2684403.6100000003&ykoord=1246602.5350000001&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str89&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Apollostrasse</a> goes from Forchstrasse to Minervastrasse. It is named after the Greek god <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo">Apollo</a>; Greek mythology is a naming theme in the vicinity.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Apollostrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt=""Apollostrasse" blue street sign in front of tram cables and a building in the background." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5554.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corner_of_Apollostrasse_and_Hegarstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A light brown-red building on a street corner, with rectangular bay windows topped by a cloister vault roof and arched doors and windows on the ground floor. In the far end of the picture, a part of a white church is visible." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5556.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Windows_and_balconies_on_Apollostrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Low rises building windows, with balconies with metallic grids and plants, with a tree partly hiding them." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5559.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Anton_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A sandstone church with a church tower topped by tented roof and a cross. The entrance is a wide staircase ending on a round arched door; there's a round arched window on top of it." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5564.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Anton_(Z%C3%BCrich-Hottingen)">St Anton church</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollostrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street in a city between 4-5 story buildings, with cars parked under trees on the left side." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5565.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollostrasse_8_Denkmalschutz_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue sign that reads "1913 von Max Josef Wörtmann für den Bauunternehmer J. Pfenninger als Teil des Mehrfamilienhauszeile Apollostrasse 4-8 erbaut. 1918 Umbau des alkoholfreien Restaurants im Erdgeschoss zo einem Ladengeschäft. Die fassaden der dreiteiligen Häsergruppe sind mit Vor- und Rücksprüngen und plastischem Bauschmuck in Heimatstil-Formen gestaltet, ein markenter Runderker betont die Ecksituation von Nummer 8. Unter Denkmalschutz seit 2013."" src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5567.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Translates as "Built in 1913 by Max Josef Wörtmann for the entrepreneur J. Pfenninger as a part of an apartment building row on Apollostrasse. The alcohol-free restaurant on the ground floor was transformed in 1918 to shops. The facades of the three-part house groups are design with protrusions, hollow spaces, and Heimatstil ornaments; an oriel window emphasizes the corner of Number 8. Under monument protection since 2013."
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollostrasse_8_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="An ornate building with oriel windows and arches." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5569.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Aforementioned Apollostrasse 8
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fa%C3%A7ades_on_Apollostrasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="A white, green-brown and a blue facade of 5-story buildings with balconies and vegetation" src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5571.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Hirslanden.html">Hirslanden</a>, <a href="/Hottingen.html">Hottingen</a>, <a href="/church.html">church</a></span></p>Apfelbaumstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-01-15:/apfelbaumstrasse.html2024-01-15T20:58:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2684320.9050000003&ykoord=1251217.935&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str88&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Apfelbaumstrasse</a> goes from Regensbergstrasse to Tramstrasse. It is named after apple trees.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Apfelbaumstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street with 3-story buildings with gable roofs and some road works" src="/pics/2024/01/imgp7501.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Insect_hotel_on_Apfelbaumstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="An insect hotel: multiple pieces of different essences of wood with various sizes of holes, assembled in a human-eye pleasing way" src="/pics/2024/01/imgp7504.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Apfelbaumstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Apfelbaumstrasse" sign on a metallic pole in front of a red building with white blinds and a tree." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp7509.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Apfelbaumstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street with 3-4 story buildings with gabled roofs, a construction vehicle and some road works, and a yellow zebra in the foreground." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp7510.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Apfelbaumstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A curved street with a few 3-4 story buildings and construction profiles showing the height of a future building" src="/pics/2024/01/imgp7513.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Oerlikon.html">Oerlikon</a>, <a href="/insect hotel.html">insect hotel</a></span></p>Anwandstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-01-10:/anwandstrasse.html2024-01-10T16:14:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2681856.4&ykoord=1247906.3900000001&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str87&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Anwandstrasse</a> goes from Langstrasse to Herman-Greulich-Strasse. It is named after the word "Anwände" that described the divisions/perimeters of fields.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Anwandstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street with 5-storey buildings on each side and cars parked on the left side." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5282-blog-2048-2.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Anwandstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A brown 5-storey building with protruding bay windows on the corner and balconies on the façade. The bay window part have a small spire and a weathervane on top." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5283-blog-2048-2.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Anwandstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street with 5-storey buildings on each side, empty parking spots and a few bikes on the left, and cars parked on the right." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5286-blog-2048-2.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Aussersihl.html">Aussersihl</a></span></p>Anton-Higi-Strassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-01-09:/anton-higi-strasse.html2024-01-09T22:02:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2682057.255&ykoord=1251555.835&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str86&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Anton-Higi-Strasse</a> goes from Käferholzstrasse to Hofhölzliweg, and splits into two dead-ends on each side of Hofhölzliweg. It is named after <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Higi">Anton Higi</a>, architect and Stadtrat (city council) member from 1938 to 1946. He designed houses on this street (no, I don't know which ;) ), as well as a number of catholic churches in the city.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Anton-Higi-Strasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue street sign reading "Anton-Higi-Str. - 1885-1951 - Stadtrat 1838 - 1946"" src="/pics/2024/01/imgp7443.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Anton-Higi-Strasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street with three-story buildings and a row of cars on the right side" src="/pics/2024/01/imgp7447.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Looking north-west
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Anton-Higi-Strasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street with 3-story buildings and a couple of vans parked on the left side of the street and hedges on the right side." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp7449.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Looking south-west
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Anton-Higi-Strasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="On the left, 2-story buildings with glass balconies behind a hedge. On the right, a construction site behind a white construction fence." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp7453.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Looking south-east
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Construction_works_on_Anton-Higi-Strasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="A construction site. The first floor has been raised; there is scaffolding that goes up another floor, and construction material dumpsters on the ground." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp7457.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Building in progress</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Affoltern.html">Affoltern</a></span></p>Anny-Klawa-Platztag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-01-08:/anny-klawa-platz.html2024-01-08T21:16:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/892888816">Anny-Klawa-Platz</a> is a square between Silhlfeldstrasse, Karl-Bürkli-Strasse ad Erismannstrasse. It is named after <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anny_Klawa-Morf">Anny Klawa-Morf</a>, an activist for workers' and women's rights.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Anny-Klawa-Platz_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A square with trees, a concrete ping-pong table and bikes, between residential buildings (high-rises in the background, lower-rises closer)" src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5271.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Anny-Klawa-Platz_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A large planter with yellow and red flowers arranged in it, on a square that has trees, a bench, and residential buildings and cars in the background." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5275.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Anny-Klawa-Platz_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A square with trees and bikes in front of 5-story residential buildings with a lot of graffiti" src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5276.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Aussersihl.html">Aussersihl</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a></span></p>Anna-Heer-Strassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-01-03:/anna-heer-strasse.html2024-01-03T21:53:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2683250.07&ykoord=1250538.665&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str84&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Anna-Heer-Strasse</a> goes from Brüderhofweg to Langfurren. It is named after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Heer">Anna Heer</a>, a physician who co-founded Switzerland's first professional nursing school.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Anna-Heer-Strasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street with a garden on the left and 3-story colorful buildings on the right, with cars parked in blue parking spot and a "20" painted on the street." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5785-blog-2048-2.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Anna-Heer-Strasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential area with 4-story white buildings all around a 20-km/h-limited street." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5792-blog-2048-2.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sportanlage_Steinkluppe.jpg"><picture><img alt="A grass-surface sports ground with a metallic rail around it" src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5794.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Sportanlage Steinkluppe
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Anna-Heer-Strasse_street_name_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue street name sign, partly hidden by a tree in front of it. The text reads "Anna-Heer-Strasse - Anna Heer (1863-1918) - Ärtztin, Mitbegründerin der Schweizerisches Pflegerinnenschule"." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5803.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The (partly-hidden) sign translates to "Anna Heer (1863-1918), physician, co-founder of the Swiss nursing school."
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Terrasse_on_Anna-Heer-Strasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="The terrasse of a closed café, with green chairs and potted plants protecting it from the street. The café is called Anna." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5806.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Unterstrass.html">Unterstrass</a></span></p>Ankerstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2024-01-02:/ankerstrasse.html2024-01-02T09:10:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=8000&xkoord=2682855.623930572&ykoord=1247169.5252841257&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str83&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Ankerstrasse</a> goes from Zweierstrasse to Hohlstrasse. It is probably named after the seal of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aussersihl">Aussersihl</a> (the district in which Ankerstrasse is), an anchor (Anker means anchor).
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ankerstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A large building at a corner of two streets. The building is red, the corner is round, and there's a PLAZA neon sign on top of the door." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5289.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zum_Anker_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A Zum Anker sign on a building; the A is an anchor." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5290.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mural_on_Ankerstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A circular blue/brown mural between two windows. There's an upside down "public works" sign in the middle of it, and the start of the TagesAnzeiger logo on the left." src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5295.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ankerstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A 4-story building with painted tiles decorating the last floor" src="/pics/2024/01/imgp5297.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Aussersihl.html">Aussersihl</a></span></p>Ankengassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-12-27:/ankengasse.html2023-12-27T10:19:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=1000&xkoord=2683445.6479612933&ykoord=1247302.7363214411&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str81&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Ankengasse</a> goes from Limmatquai to Münstergasse. It is named after the old "Ankenmarkt" ("butter market") that used to be held at the bottom of the alley.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ankengasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Ankengasse" street sign on a white wall." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7322.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ankengasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow paved alley between 5-6 storey buildings. A decorated shop hanging sign is visible in the end of the street." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7327.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ankengasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small square between high buildings with a tree and a small fountain." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7329.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mauerbrunnen_-_Ankengasse_-_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A hanging sign with a man wearing suspenders decorated with cows and smoking the pipe, a small Swiss flag, and decorative golden frame, with Aelpli Bar written below it." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7331.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27230214">Mauerbrunnen by Paul Osswald</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aelpli_Bar_hanging_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="" src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7333.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Decorations_in_Ankengasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow paved alley between 5-6 storey buildings. A decorated shop hanging sign is visible in the end of the street." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7354.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Altstadt.html">Altstadt</a>, <a href="/fountain.html">fountain</a>, <a href="/sculpture.html">sculpture</a></span></p>Angererstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-12-26:/angererstrasse.html2023-12-26T14:57:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2682589.19&ykoord=1246745.655&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str80&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Angererstrasse</a> goes from Bleicherweg to Parkring. It is named after <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Angerer_(Komponist)">Gottfried Angerer</a> (1851-1909), choir director and composer.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Angererstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Angererstrasse" street sign on a white stone wall." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp6239.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Angererstrasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street that ends in a footpath. On the perpendicular street, a building decorated with white and green tiles and curved structures." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp6241.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Enge.html">Enge</a></span></p>Angelikawegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-12-17:/angelikaweg.html2023-12-17T21:21:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/9719089">Angelikaweg</a> goes from <a href="./affolternstrasse.html">Affolternstrasse</a> to Langwiesstrasse. It is named after the female first name Angelika.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Angelikaweg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street with a wooden fence and trees on the left, and 2-3-story residential buildings on the right, and more buildings on the perpendicular street in the background." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp5352-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pink_roses_on_Angelikaweg_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Pink flowers, fairly compact, over a large bed of green leaves" src="/pics/2023/12/imgp5355-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Some roses(?)
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lavandula_on_Angelikaweg,_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Purple flowers on a stem, with a lot of other stems and dried flowers visible, blurred, in the background" src="/pics/2023/12/imgp5358-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>And some lavender!
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Angelikaweg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow residential street with a high hedge on the left, partially concealing 2-3 story buildings, a couple of cars and a garbage green on the right, and more trees in the background." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp5363-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Oerlikon.html">Oerlikon</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a></span></p>Anemonenstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-12-16:/anemonenstrasse.html2023-12-16T21:43:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/25625597">Anemonenstrasse</a> goes from Dennlerstrasse to Flüelastrasse. It is named after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemone">flower</a> of the same name.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Anemonenstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Anemonenstrasse" on a high grey pole in front of a red crane. There are also arrows to Dennlerstrasse, Sporthalle Utogrund, and Neoplex AG, pointing to the right." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7303.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Anemonenstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A two-way street with cars parked on each side and 4-to-10-story building on each side." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7304.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Apostolic_church_building_on_Anemonenstrasse,_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="An L-shaped building that has, on the ground floor, a sign for "Neuapostolische Kirche" and small decorative windows and, on the higher floors, what looks like an apartment building." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7306.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>New Apostolic church
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Anemonenstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A two-way street with cars parked on each side and 4-to-10-story building on each side. There are red cranes in the background." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7307.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Albisrieden.html">Albisrieden</a>, <a href="/church.html">church</a>, <a href="/crane.html">crane</a></span></p>Andreasstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-12-15:/andreasstrasse.html2023-12-15T15:42:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=8000&xkoord=2683837.268095588&ykoord=1251610.964327536&lang=&layer=Stadtquartier%3A%3A17&window=&selectedObject=str77&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Andreasstrasse</a> goes from Schaffhauserstrasse to Aubruggstrasse. It is named after the masculine name Andreas.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andreasturm_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A high-rise glass-paned building with brown stripes, seen from the ground. The words Andreas Turm are written on the facade." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp4720.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Andreas turm
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buildings_on_Andreasstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A set of similar-looking glass high-rises, with construction work in the foreground." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp4734.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Still building...
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Andreasstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A wide pedestrian asphalt path, with high rise glass buildings on the left and trees on the right" src="/pics/2023/12/imgp4741.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:High-rises_on_Andreasstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Two glass high rise buildings in front of each other, the right one reflecting on the left one. The right one has a Crédit Suisse logo." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp4744.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Checkerboard_highrise_on_Andreasstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A high rise covered with white surfaces and dark glass panes in a loose checkerboard pattern." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp4753.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Andreasstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A wide pedestrian and bike path with greenery all around and a metallic hand-rail on the left." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp4756.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Oerlikon.html">Oerlikon</a>, <a href="/Seebach.html">Seebach</a></span></p>Andreasparktag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-12-13:/andreaspark.html2023-12-13T21:00:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/445248763#map=17/47.41455/8.55666">Andreaspark</a> is a bit of an oddity. It's definitely part of the Zürich street directory, but it's also apparently part of the nearby Hagenholzstrasse. It's also quite unclear where exactly it starts and ends (and the <a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2684504.800832276&ykoord=1251974.275&lang=&layer=Stadtquartier%3A%3A17&window=&selectedObject=str2322&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">city</a> and <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/445248763#map=17/47.41455/8.55666">OpenStreetMap</a> do not agree, and the reality doesn't seem to agree with either.) But, it's located between Hagenholzstrasse and Andreasstrasse, and it is named after the masculine first name Andreas.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Andreaspark_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Andreaspark" sign, with more signs below it (Hagenholzstrasse 86-102, and some local business signs), in front of a beige building." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7265.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Andreaspark_parking_lot_entrance.jpg"><picture><img alt="A L-shaped 8-story residential building in the background, with a large underground parking lot entrance in the foreground. There's a bit of snow on the ground." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7267.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Andreaspark_playground.jpg"><picture><img alt="A playground covered with snow, in the yard between 8-story residential buildings." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7269.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Seebach.html">Seebach</a></span></p>An der Speckitag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-12-09:/an-der-specki.html2023-12-09T21:08:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/15272530#map=18/47.36266/8.59422">An der Specki</a> starts from Loorenstrasse and ends in a dead end. It is named after the word "Specki" (itself derived from Speche, the log), which describes a path made of bundles of woods over a swampy terrain.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_An_der_Specki_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A pole with two blue street signs ("An der Specki" and "Loorenstrasse") and, perpendicular to them, yellow hiking signs to nearby tram stops. There are trees in the background." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp6314.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_An_der_Specki.jpg"><picture><img alt="" src="/pics/2023/12/imgp6315.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Centaurea_scabiosa_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="White desiccated flowers without bracts left" src="/pics/2023/12/imgp6317.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurea_scabiosa">Centaurea scabiosa</a> - well, what's left of them
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leopard_cow.jpg"><picture><img alt="Statue of a laying cow, painted as a leopard, with a cowbell, under a low tree." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp6322.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>And suddenly, a leopard cow.</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Witikon.html">Witikon</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a>, <a href="/sculpture.html">sculpture</a></span></p>Amselsteigtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-12-08:/amselsteig.html2023-12-08T21:54:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/33190172">Amselsteig</a> goes from Speerstrasse to Drosselstrasse. It is named after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_blackbird">common blackbird</a> (Amsel = blackbird).
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Amselsteig_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Amselsteig" street sign, half-hidden by dark green leaves that grow around it." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp6137.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Amselsteig_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small alley, going downhill, with trees all around and above and wooden fences on each side. On the left, a paved path; on the right, paved steps with a metallic rail." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp6139.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Amselsteig_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small alley, going uphill, with trees all around and above and a low stone wall on the right side. On the right, a paved path; on the left, paved steps with a metallic rail." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp6141.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Wollishofen.html">Wollishofen</a></span></p>Ampèrestrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-12-07:/ampèrestrasse.html2023-12-07T21:03:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2681597.684833167&ykoord=1249724.2853761846&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str74&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Ampèrestrasse</a> goes from Kloster-Fahr-Weg and <a href="./ampèresteg.html">Ampèresteg</a> to Breitensteinstrasse. It is named after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9-Marie_Amp%C3%A8re">André-Marie Ampère</a>, a French physicist and mathematician.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Amp%C3%A8restrasse_street_name_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Blue sign on a white wall next to windows. The sign reads "Ampèrestrasse - André-Marie Ampère (1776-1836) - Französischer Physiker"." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7243.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Amp%C3%A8restrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small road ending on a bridge, with a lot of cars parked on the left of it. In the background, there are buildings in construction and a glass building (the Prime Tower)." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7244.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Swissmill_tower_from_Amp%C3%A8restrasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="A high windowless tower in the background, standing out against blue sky, with small red buildings in the foreground." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7246.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swissmill_Tower">Swissmill tower</a> in the background
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Amp%C3%A8restrasse_residential_building.jpg"><picture><img alt="A four-story building with protected balconies and glass verandas on top" src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7248.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Amp%C3%A8restrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street with brown/orange hedges on each side, and 3-4-story residential buildings on each side, as well as a row of cars parked on the right." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7250.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Wipkingen.html">Wipkingen</a>, <a href="/crane.html">crane</a></span></p>Ampèrestegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-12-04:/ampèresteg.html2023-12-04T23:24:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2681578.105627379&ykoord=1249653.3769011686&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str2379&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Ampèresteg</a> goes from Fischerweg to Ampèrestrasse. It is named after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9-Marie_Amp%C3%A8re">André-Marie Ampère</a>, a French physicist and mathematician.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Amp%C3%A8resteg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A river, seen from a bridge, with 5-6-story buildings on one bank, trees on the other bank, and a tiny island in the middle." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7255.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The Limmat (and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swissmill_Tower">Swissmill Tower</a> in the background)
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Amp%C3%A8resteg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A river, seen from a bridge, with 5-6-story buildings on one bank, trees on the other bank, and a tiny island in the middle." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7258.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Limmat still (although it's quite agitated :D )
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Amp%C3%A8resteg_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A pedestrian bridge with a couple of high rises in construction on the side of it." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7259.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Amp%C3%A8resteg_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Ampèresteg" street sign riveted on a red metallic wall with holes." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7262.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Amp%C3%A8resteg_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="A pedestrian bridge with, on each side, high metallic walls with holes. There's graffiti on the walls and on the ground. The background has a few buildings and trees." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7264.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Industriequartier.html">Industriequartier</a>, <a href="/Limmat.html">Limmat</a>, <a href="/Wipkingen.html">Wipkingen</a>, <a href="/bridge.html">bridge</a>, <a href="/crane.html">crane</a>, <a href="/river.html">river</a></span></p>Ameisenwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-12-03:/ameisenweg.html2023-12-03T21:16:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=16000&xkoord=2681819.2135&ykoord=1251114.6955&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str73&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Ameisenweg</a> goes from Dachschleife to Horgenweg. It is a forest path named after ants! (Ameisen means ants in German.)
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ameisenweg_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A wooden "Ameisenweg" path sign in front of trees, with a "Helsana trail" colored trail sign below it." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7216.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ameisenweg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A gravel path with a curve at its end, entering a wooded area. The colors of the deciduous vegetation is orange/red." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7219.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bench_on_Ameisenweg_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A wooden bench on the side of a gravel path, with trees behind it. There are a lot of fallen leaves on the ground." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7223.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ameisenweg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A forest path between trees. There are a lot of yellow/brown leaves on the ground." src="/pics/2023/12/imgp7228.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Höngg.html">Höngg</a>, <a href="/Wipkingen.html">Wipkingen</a>, <a href="/forest.html">forest</a></span></p>Amazonenstrasse / Amazonenwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-11-29:/amazonenstrasse--amazonenweg.html2023-11-29T14:37:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/32397722">Amazonenstrasse</a> goes from Roswiesenstrasse to Schürgistrasse, and it's a private road. <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/32397723">Amazonenweg</a> is only accessible from Amazonenstrasse (so I could only get a picture from the sign from afar). Both are named after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazons">Amazons</a>. So, I don't have much pictures for either, but... I went there!
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://alphabeticalzurich.ch/pics/2023/11/imgp5640.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue Amazonenstrasse street sign, in front of a house and low trees / holly." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp5640.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://alphabeticalzurich.ch/pics/2023/11/imgp5638.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue Amazonenweg street sign in front of a house, in an area with a lot of greenery." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp5638.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Schwamendingen.html">Schwamendingen</a></span></p>Am Wettingertobeltag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-11-28:/am-wettingertobel.html2023-11-28T22:06:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2679817.57&ykoord=1250570.9500000002&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str70&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Am Wettingertobel</a> goes from Winzerstrasse to Limmattalstrasse. It is named after the fact that the ravine alongside it used to belong to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wettingen_Abbey">Wettingen abbey</a>.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Wettingertobel_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Am Wettingertobel" street sign above a yellow hiking sign to Grünau, Altstetten and Albisrieden, in front of dense trees." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp4885.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Wettingertobel_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A paved pedestrian path, going downwards, with trees on each side, a metallic rail on the left, and buildings visible in the far background." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp4887.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Wettingertobel_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A paved pedestrian path, going downwards, with dense trees and a metallic rail on the left, lower vegetation on the right, and a lot of buildings in the background." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp4893.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M%C3%BChlehaldenbach_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small stream flowing down dirt steps, seen from downstream, with ivy and vegetations all around." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp4897.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/149584016">Mühlehaldenbach</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Wettingertobel_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A paved pedestrian path, going downwards, with dense trees and a metallic rail on the left, lower vegetation on the right, and a lot of buildings in the background. In particular, there are three large black high rise protruding from the cityscape." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp4899.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Wettingertobel_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="A paved pedestrian path, going upwards, with dense trees and a metallic handrail on the right. On the left of the path, some grass and a small ditch." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp4902.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Höngg.html">Höngg</a>, <a href="/river.html">river</a></span></p>Am Wassertag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-11-27:/am-wasser.html2023-11-27T21:21:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=4000&xkoord=2680453.7199999997&ykoord=1250154.065&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str69&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Am Wasser</a> goes from Europabrücke to Breitensteinstrasse. It is named after the fact that it follows the Limmat river (Wasser means "water").
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Wasser_-_Winzerstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Blue "Winzerstrasse" and "Am Wasser" street signs attached to a large grey pole." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp4903.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Wasser_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A 3-lane, 2-way street with a zebra crossing, cars parked on each side, and 2-3-story residential buildings along the street." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp4905.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fishing_mural_on_Am_Wasser.jpg"><picture><img alt="A mural in shades of grey on a residential builing: on top, two geese; in the middle, a woman with a fish platter on her head; at the bottom, a man with a full fishing net." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp4912.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Nope, I have no idea if this mural has any context :D
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://alphabeticalzurich.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/imgp4916.jpg"><picture><img alt="Ivy growing between a metal gate and its supporting stone wall." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp4916.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Found some ivy.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ivy_creeping_on_a_horizontal_wall.jpg"><picture><img alt="A large amount of ivy, blurred in the background, and a few branches coming towards the camera on a lichen-covered wall. The leaves are getting smaller and smaller and more and more yellow as they advance." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp4919.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Found more ivy.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Wasser_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A two-way street with a car in each direction, building construction works on the right and high-rise-buildings in the background." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp4926.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Höngg.html">Höngg</a></span></p>Am Suterachertag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-11-26:/am-suteracher.html2023-11-26T20:45:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/8163504#map=18/47.39058/8.47113">Am Suteracher</a> goes from Loogartenstrasse to Dachslernstrasse. It is named after a field (Acker) belonging to someone named Suter.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Suteracher_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A metallic pole in front of a building and trees with a blue "Am Suteracher" street sign and an arrow pointing to the right in the direction of "Herrenbergli"." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp7153.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Suteracher_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Kirche Suteracher: a white building behind a bus stop. The building has a bell under a glass roof; the building entrance also has a glass roof. The building looks kind of like a crown with four high points." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp7156.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirche_Suteracher_(Z%C3%BCrich-Altstetten)">Kirche Suteracher</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:High_rises_on_Am_Suteracher_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Two grey 12-story buildings with a pine tree and a bus stop in front of them. There's a Santa Claus hanging from the last-floor middle window of the right building." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp7165.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Look closely: there's a Santa Claus there!
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Suteracher.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street with 12-story buildings on each sides, some pine trees, a bus stop and a drinking fountain." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp7167.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gartenareal_Herrenbergli.jpg"><picture><img alt="The end of an allotment area: we see a few gardens, a bit of meadow, and a few trees." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp7173.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://herrenberg.li/">Gartenareal Herrenbergli</a> (allotments), seen from Am Suteracher
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_seen_from_Am_Suteracher.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street turning right, with a bus stop on the right, and dense urban area visible in the background" src="/pics/2023/11/imgp7175.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The end of Am Suteracher, and the view over Zürich</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Altstetten.html">Altstetten</a>, <a href="/tree.html">tree</a></span></p>Am Schanzengrabentag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-11-22:/am-schanzengraben.html2023-11-22T20:55:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2682868.809413928&ykoord=1247077.74980968&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str67&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Am Schanzengraben</a> goes from Bleicherweg to Branschenkestrasse and Selnaubrücke. It is named after Schanzengraben, which is the water body we typically designate by "the canal" in this house. And, it turns out that said Schanzengraben is actually a moat (as its name ending by -graben gives away, admittedly), is there since 1642, and is named after the local fortification (apparently, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sconce_(fortification)">sconce</a> - I'm learning so many words today).
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Schanzengraben_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Blue "Am Schanzengraben" street sign, with another sign (seen from behind) perpendicular to it, and tree branches and leaves in the background." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6215.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schanzengraben,_seen_from_Am_Schanzengraben.jpg"><picture><img alt="Schanzengraben: a canal with green reflections of the trees above and ~20 small boats under tarps, seen from a paved street alongside it." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6217.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schanzengraben_Z%C3%BCrich">Schanzengraben</a> (or, as we call it, "the canal" :D )
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Schanzengraben.jpg"><picture><img alt="A very narrow street with an ivy-covered 4-story building on the right and dense trees on the left." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6218.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Schanzengraben_wall_decorations.jpg"><picture><img alt="Metallic reliefs depicting industrial scenes: men moving beams, using a crane, moving wagons in tunnels. The reliefs are hollow and fixed on a beige stone wall." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6220.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Reliefs found on the wall of Am Schanzengraben 23</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Altstadt.html">Altstadt</a>, <a href="/Enge.html">Enge</a>, <a href="/Schanzengraben.html">Schanzengraben</a>, <a href="/river.html">river</a>, <a href="/sculpture.html">sculpture</a></span></p>Am Sägertenbachtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-11-21:/am-sägertenbach.html2023-11-21T22:34:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/33093810">Am Sägertenbach</a> is a path going from Riedenhaldenstrasse to Wehntalerstrasse. One side of it is currently under (re)construction (or at least it was as of September 2023). It is named after the <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/331387788">Sägertenbach</a> (a stream) flowing nearby, which was itself named after the word Sägeten (further mutated), coming from middle Latin "saigata" for a surface measure unit.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_S%C3%A4gertenbach_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Am Sägertenbach" street sign in front of a building still in construction" src="/pics/2023/11/imgp5437.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_S%C3%A4gertenbach_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A very narrow path between a construction fence (with a lot of graffiti) on the left and 3-story buildings on the right behind a descending garage entrance." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp5438.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://alphabeticalzurich.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/imgp5441.jpg"><picture><img alt="Pink roses with green foliage behind them" src="/pics/2023/11/imgp5441.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_S%C3%A4gertenbach_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A very narrow path between 3-story black buildings on the left and a construction site with fences and a yellow crane on the right." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp5443.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Affoltern.html">Affoltern</a>, <a href="/crane.html">crane</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a></span></p>Am Ranktag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-11-20:/am-rank.html2023-11-20T21:25:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/138424003#map=18/47.37535/8.54317">Am Rank</a> goes from Niederdorfstrasse to Limmatquai. Before 1863, Limmatquai was ending at the junction of this street in a curve ("Rank"), hence the name. Am Rank also has the distinction of being the first street in the alphabetical order to be in Zürich historical city center!
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Rank_street_name_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Blue "Am Rank" sign on a white wall with a lower grey border and a black grid below it" src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6991.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Rank_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Am Rank in Zürich, direction Niederdorfstrasse: a narrow paved alley between two 5-story building rows, and another light green 5 story-building visible in the street perpendicular to it. Said street has construction work." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6993.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Direction Niederdorfstrasse (currently in construction!)
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Rank_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Am Rank in Zürich, direction Niederdorfstrasse: a narrow paved alley between two building rows, with a larger 5-story administrative building visible in the background." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6994.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Limmat-side, with the Zürich Amtshaus II (city government building) in the background</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Altstadt.html">Altstadt</a></span></p>Am Oeschbrigtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-11-19:/am-oeschbrig.html2023-11-19T18:28:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/15274699#map=19/47.35774/8.59888">Am Oeschbrig</a> goes from Zweiackerstrasse to Oetlisbergstrasse. It is named after a variation of the name of the wood that used to be there, "Oetlisberg" (which directly gives its name to the crossing road), which was a wood belonging to someone named Oetli (the name existed in 1492).
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A blue "Am Oeschbrig" street sign in front of a tree with a wooden-paned building on the right of it." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6325.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="Am Oeschbrig in Zürich: a road with a 30 km/h limitation painted on it, 3-story residential buildings on each side, and cars parked on blue parking spots. There's three high, thin trees in the background." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6330.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_garage_doors.jpg"><picture><img alt="7 identical garage doors, painted in blue, in the curve of a road with a blue line. There are 3-story residential buildings and pine trees behind the garages." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6332.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Oeschbrig_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Am Oeschbrig in Zürich: a street with residential 3-4-story buildings on each side. There are cars and a hedge on the right side, a brick chimney on the building on the left, and wooden panes on the buildings on the right." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6333.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Witikon.html">Witikon</a></span></p>Am Luchsgrabentag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-11-17:/am-luchsgraben.html2023-11-17T07:52:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/10689610">Am Luchsgraben</a> goes from Luchsweg to Luchswiesenstrasse. It is named after the neighboring Luchswiesenstrasse (Graben means trench, fosse); Luchswiesenstrasse itself may be named after the word "Luss", which designates a parcel of land distributed by lottery.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Luchsgraben_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Street sign for Am Luchsgraben in Zürich: a metallic pole with blue signs, crossing, for Am Luchsgraben and Luchsweg, above green vegetation, in front of old-pink-colored buildings" src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6718.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Luchsgraben.jpg"><picture><img alt="Am Luchsgraben in Zürich: a narrow street with cars parked on the left, with 3-4 story residential buildings behind trees and hedges" src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6722.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Residential_buildings_on_Am_Luchsgraben_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="4-story residential buildings with grey roofs and dormer windows, with high wooden fences in front of vegetation in the front yard." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6724.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Schwamendingen.html">Schwamendingen</a>, <a href="/Wollishofen.html">Wollishofen</a></span></p>Am Kohlendreiecktag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-11-15:/am-kohlendreieck.html2023-11-15T21:07:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2681451.7073318837&ykoord=1248483.606658208&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str2545&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Am Kohlendreieck</a> goes from Remisenstrasse to Güterstrasse. Or so I'm told, because I couldn't access it due to construction work! Thankfully, Hardbrücke passes above it, which still gave me a single shot for the street. Yay! (With bonus trains.) The various railway lines delimit a triangle ("Dreieck") that was used by the SBB for various material storage, including coal ("Kohle"), hence the name.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Kohlendreieck_in_November_2023.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street, seen from above, with railway tracks on the left and construction work (with white palisade) on the right. The street doesn't look accessible to the public." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6957.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Aussersihl.html">Aussersihl</a>, <a href="/trains.html">trains</a></span></p>Am Katzenbachtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-11-14:/am-katzenbach.html2023-11-14T20:59:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=4000&xkoord=2683510.65&ykoord=1253117.9300000002&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str62&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Am Katzenbach</a> goes from Köschenrütistrasse to the city boundary with Opfikon. It is named after the <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katzenbach_(Leutschenbach)">Katzenbach</a> stream. One could think that the name is a reference to cats, but it's more plausibly derived from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katzensee">Katzensee</a> nearby (and from which the Katzenbach used to come), and apparently the Katzensee's name comes from a guy named Hatto in the 6th or 7th century (and following language modifications.)
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Katzenbach.jpg"><picture><img alt="Am Katzenbach in Zürich: a path between trees, with a building barely visible through the trees on the right of the image." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6500.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Katzenbach_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Katzenbach in Zürich: a small stream with a little step forming a tiny fall, between trees reflecting on the water." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6503.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Katzenbach
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Katzenbach_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street light under a concrete bridge, with a "Am Katzenbach" street sign (covered in spider webs) and a couple of yellow hiking path (Wanderweg) signs." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6506.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seebach_Unterwerk_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Seebach Unterwerk in Zürich: an electrical substation with pylons and coils, between trees. A plane is taking off in the background." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6507.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Seebach Unterwerk
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pedestrian_bridge_over_the_Katzenbach.jpg"><picture><img alt="A wooden bridge with red metallic beams between trees. Another larger concrete bridge is visible on top of the picture." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6512.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bridges_on_Am_Katzenbach_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Three bridges: a wooden one with red metallic fences on the foreground, a concrete one behind trees in the middle ground, and a further one with a train passing on it in the background." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6516.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Not one, not two, but three bridges!</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Seebach.html">Seebach</a>, <a href="/bridge.html">bridge</a>, <a href="/forest.html">forest</a>, <a href="/river.html">river</a></span></p>Am Hönggerbergtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-11-12:/am-hönggerberg.html2023-11-12T21:38:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2680609.948157816&ykoord=1250830.2542438519&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str61&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Am Hönggerberg</a> is a path and a bridge that go from Wehrlisteig to Gsteigstrasse. It is a road on the ridge of the <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6nggerberg">Hönggerberg</a> (one of Zürich high points), hence the name. Höngg may derive from "Hoinga", meaning the people living on the heights (making Hönggerberg the mountain of the people living on the heights :D ).
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_H%C3%B6nggerberg_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Am Hönggerberg" street sign with a yellow hiking path sign below it, and trees in the background." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp5745.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_from_Am_H%C3%B6nggerberg_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="View from Am Hönggerberg in Zürich: a green meadow, red buildings, and further away with some haze, the city, the Uetliberg on the right, and the Alps on the right" src="/pics/2023/11/imgp5747.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>View from Am Hönggerberg: the city, the Uetliberg (on the right), and the Alps
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_H%C3%B6nggerberg.jpg"><picture><img alt="Am Hönggerberg in Zürich: a pedestrian asphalted path with fences on both sides, a low house on the left side, a couple of traffic sign and a large pine tree on the right side." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp5752.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Common_chicory_flower.jpg"><picture><img alt="Common chicory flower: a light blue flower with 11 petals, in front of a blurry green background." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp5755.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicory">Common chicory</a>.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Covered_streetlight.jpg"><picture><img alt="A streetlight covered with leaves in front of a yellow building and a red building (both 2-3 story high, looking like farm buildings)" src="/pics/2023/11/imgp5759.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>I'm always amused when I find a street light covered in leaves :)
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emil-Kl%C3%B6ti-Strasse_from_H%C3%B6nggerbergstrasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="A two-way-street seen from the bridge above it, with the city of Zürich and the Uetliberg (hilly forest) in the background." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp5765.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Emil-Klöti-Strasse, seen from the Hönggerbergstrasse bridge on top of it
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ETH_H%C3%B6nggerberg_campus,_seen_from_H%C3%B6nggerbergstrasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="ETH Hönggerberg campus, seen from Hönggerbergstrasse: 4-5 stery buildings with varying amount of glass, behind a street and a small meadow. There's a large bright yellow ETHZürich sign in front of the buildings, and a Hönggerberg bus stop in the foreground." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp5769.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>ETH Hönggerberg campus, seen from Hönggerbergstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_H%C3%B6nggerbergstrasse_bridge.jpg"><picture><img alt="Zürich Hönggerbergstrasse bridge: a curved pedestrian bridge with metalic fences on top of a road and a bus stop, with a couple of buildings in the background." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp5771.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Alps.html">Alps</a>, <a href="/Höngg.html">Höngg</a>, <a href="/bridge.html">bridge</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a></span></p>Am Holbrigtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-11-11:/am-holbrig.html2023-11-11T20:39:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=1000&xkoord=2679843.586465999&ykoord=1251029.4162864778&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str60&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Am Holbrig</a> goes from Michelstrasse to Holbrigstrasse. The name comes from the location name "Hohlberg" (first mentioned in 1447), which refers to a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunken_lane">hollow way</a> (Hohlweg) leading to a mountain (Berg).
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Holbrig_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue sign written "Am Holbrig" on a metallic pole, with another sign saying, half-erased, "Spiegel beachten" (pay attention to the mirror). The sign is in front of a wooden cross fence and brown-red trees." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6649.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Construction_work_on_Am_Holbrig_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A construction site for a 4-story building with scaffolding and a crane in front of it." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6652.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Holbrig.jpg"><picture><img alt="Am Holbrig in Zürich: a residential street with cars parked on the left, 3-4-story buildings, and a crane in the background in front of a construction site." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6657-enhanced-nr.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Höngg.html">Höngg</a>, <a href="/crane.html">crane</a></span></p>Am Guggenbergtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-11-10:/am-guggenberg.html2023-11-10T07:42:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=1000&xkoord=2686630.123392545&ykoord=1245772.022414356&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str59&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=2&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Am Guggenberg</a> goes from Witikonerstrasse to Glimmerweg. The name of the street refers to a high view point. These days, it seems mostly blocked by buildings!
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Guggenberg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Am Guggenberg in Zürich: a narrow residential street with 2-story houses, a pink two-story building in the background, and a yellow-orange tree in the foreground." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6812.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Guggenberg_street_name_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Am Guggenberg" street sign on a metallic pole next to a pink building perpendicular to the street, with trees and blue sky in the background" src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6813.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Guggenberg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Am Guggenberg in Zürich: a narrow residential street with 2-story houses, cars parked on the right, green/orange/red vegetation, and a couple of cranes in the background" src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6814.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Witikon.html">Witikon</a></span></p>Am Glattbogentag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-11-09:/am-glattbogen.html2023-11-09T21:01:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2685043.155&ykoord=1251792.835&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str58&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Am Glattbogen</a> goes from Saatlenstrasse to Wallisellenstrasse. It goes along the a place where the Glatt river turns into a curve (Bogen: curve, bow).
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Glattbogen_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Street sign of Am Glattbogen in Zürich: a blue sign on a metallic pole, in front of cloudy grey sky." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp5428-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Glattbogen.jpg"><picture><img alt="Am Glattbogen in Zürich: a two-way residential street with 4-story buildings, a "Schule" (School) sign painted on the road, a 2-wheel vehicle parking lot and some trees." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp5430.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hagenholz_seen_from_Am_Glattbogen.jpg"><picture><img alt="Hagenholz seen from Am Glattbogen: a concrete chimney and metallic silos, behind buildings and a large tree." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp5431.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kehrichtheizkraftwerk_Hagenholz">Hagenholz recycling plant</a> chimney
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heizkraftwerk_Aubrugg_seen_from_Am_Glattbogen.jpg"><picture><img alt="Heizkraftwerk Aubrugg seen from Am Glattbogen: a residential street with trees and 3-4 story buildings, and a chimney with red and white checker pattern on top in the background." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp5433-blog-2048-2.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="http://Heizkraftwerk Aubrugg">Aubrugg heat and power plant</a> chimney
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hagenholz_and_Aubrugg_chimneys.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street with 2-3 story buildings and cars parked on each side, with two industrial chimneys visible on each side of the background" src="/pics/2023/11/imgp5435-blog-2048-2.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The two chimneys!</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Schwamendingen.html">Schwamendingen</a></span></p>Am Giessentag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-11-08:/am-giessen.html2023-11-08T18:00:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2679720.4699999997&ykoord=1250396.87&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str57&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=2&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Am Giessen</a> goes from Winzerhalde to Kloster Fahr-Weg and passes under Europabrücke. "Giessen" refers to a quiet river tributary (the verb "giessen" means watering the plants), which probably refers to Mühlehaldenbach arriving in the Limmat.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Am_Giessen_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A grey pole with signs for Am Giessen and Kloster Fahr-Weg, a Wanderweg yellow sign, and a sign to indicate that it is forbidden to swim in the river." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6784.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Am_Giessen_passing_under_Europabr%C3%BCcke.jpg"><picture><img alt="On the left of the picture, the Limmat river (blue and calm), on the right of the picture a narrow street; a small slope with large pebbles inbetween, and the bottom of a bridge on top." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6786.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Along the Limmat (where, as mentioned above, you're not supposed to swim here) and under Europabrücke
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alte_Kirche_H%C3%B6ngg_from_Am_Giessen.jpg"><picture><img alt="Seen from a low point: the top of a bridge with a metallic fence, vineyard in orange/red automn colors, and a white church with a red roof" src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6791.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alte_Kirche_H%C3%B6ngg">Alte Kirche Höngg</a>, and vineyards in front of it
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buildings_on_Am_Giessen.jpg"><picture><img alt="Two 4-story residential buildings, one brick-red and one light-blue, behind twisted vegetation" src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6794.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Giessen.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street with a 4-story residential building and pine trees on the left, and trees and cars on the right. The street is limited to 2.6m in height." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6796.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Limmat_from_Am_Giessen_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A river, seen from the side, with poplar trees in the background and the sun reflecting on the water." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6798.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>More Limmat
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M%C3%BChlehaldenbach_on_Am_Giessen.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small stream between grass and stones" src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6802.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/508424683">Mühlehaldenbach</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Giessen,_seen_from_Europabr%C3%BCcke.jpg"><picture><img alt="Seen from above: a narrow street with trees and grass all around it, and a few cars parked on blue parking spots." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6806.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>View from Europabrücke above</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Höngg.html">Höngg</a>, <a href="/Limmat.html">Limmat</a>, <a href="/church.html">church</a>, <a href="/river.html">river</a></span></p>Am Börtlitag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-11-07:/am-börtli.html2023-11-07T07:14:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/15388467">Am Börtli</a> goes from Kürbergstrasse to Gwandensteig. Börtli means a small ("-li") slope or edge ("Bord").
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_B%C3%B6rtli_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Am Börtli" street sign on a metallic pole that also holds a zebra crossing sign, next to low vegetation, and trees. Another street with houses is visible in the background." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6741.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_B%C3%B6rtli_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A 3-story residential building on top of garages, with a pine tree on the left and a car parked between the tree and the building." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6743.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_B%C3%B6rtli_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Halloween decoration in front of a building door: a green witch with a red cape riding a bike, on top of a bed of ivy" src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6745.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Some Halloween decoration!
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_B%C3%B6rtli_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A block of four 3-story buildings above parking lots (with cars parked in it). The floor above the parking lot has green hedges." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6747.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Höngg.html">Höngg</a></span></p>Am Bachtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-11-06:/am-bach.html2023-11-06T20:10:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2680529.3499999996&ykoord=1253233.44&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str55&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Am Bach</a> goes from <a href="./alte mühlackerstrasse.html">Alte Mühlackerstrasse</a> to Blumennfeldstrasse. Its name means "along the stream"; Am Bach follows a stream that's visible on <a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Siegfriedkarte+1945&map=&scale=4000&xkoord=2680343.8488003067&ykoord=1253278.6887855807&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str55&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">older maps</a> but that's probably running underground today.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Bach_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Street sign of Am Bach in Zürich: a blue sign on a metallic pole in front of a blue sky" src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6604.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Bach_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A gravel path with, on the left side, grass and a 2-story house and, on the right side, a large coniferous tree and black construction fence." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6605.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Am_Bach_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A gravel path with, on the left side, black construction fence (with trees behind it) and, on the right side, 1-2 story habitation buildings." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6607.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Affoltern.html">Affoltern</a></span></p>Altwiesenstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-11-05:/altwiesenstrasse.html2023-11-05T22:36:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=4000&xkoord=2686488.145&ykoord=1250668.005&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str54&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Altwiesenstrasse</a> goes from Roswiesenstrasse to Dübendorferstrasse. It is named after the local name "Altwiesen" - the street is bordering old meadowland (Alt: old, Wiese: meadow).
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Altwiesenstrasse_street_name_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Street name sign for Altwiesenstrasse in Zürich: a blue street sign on a metallic pole, in front of a white wall and a window with blue blinds." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6708-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Altwiesenstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="4-story beige buildings in a wavy alignment. The buildings are new, there's still a small excavator and works fences around it." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6713-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>New construction on Altwiesenstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Painting_on_a_wall_on_Altwiesenstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Painting on a wall on Altwiesenstrasse in Zürich: three children playing in a grean meadow and looking at an airplane, painted over a pink house wall" src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6717-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Painting on a wall on Altwiesenstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stefanskirche_Hirzenbach_on_Altwiesenstrasse_(Z%C3%BCrich"><picture><img alt="Stefanskirche Hirzenbach on Altwiesenstrasse in Zürich: a church tower with three bells, a golden clock and a golden weathercock, contre-jour against a cloudy sky" src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6730-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefanskirche_Hirzenbach_(Z%C3%BCrich-Schwamendingen)">Stefanskirche Hirzenbach</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Altwiesenstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A 5-story set of brown and glass buildings. The buildings are new, there is still some building equipment lying around." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6734-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Altwiesenstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="Altwiesenstrasse in Zürich: a two-way street with a yellow zebra, at an intersection, with a brick red 4-story building aligned in a stair line." src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6736-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hirzenbach_on_Altwiesenstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Hirzenbach on Altwiesenstrasse in Zürich: a small stream between rocks and trees" src="/pics/2023/11/imgp6739-2.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>According to the maps, Hirzenbach river, which may or may not be a part of Leimbach.</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Schwamendingen.html">Schwamendingen</a>, <a href="/church.html">church</a>, <a href="/river.html">river</a></span></p>Altwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-11-01:/altweg.html2023-11-01T06:41:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=16000&xkoord=2679566.802&ykoord=1247262.461&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str53&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Altweg</a> goes from Letzigraben to In der Ey. It is named after the location name "im alten Weg" (on the old road), which described the road from Zürich to Birmensdorf from 1426 onwards.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Altweg_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Zürich Altweg street sign: a blue sign on a metallic pole with a residential building with balconies in the background" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5642.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Altweg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Altweg in Zürich: a residential street with parking spots (and cars) on the left of the road; a 4-story residential building is visible on the left behind a tree; on the right, there's a green and red straight hedge and a couple of large coniferous trees." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5644.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Altweg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Altweg in Zürich: a road with parking spots on the right and 3-4-story buildings (coral, yellow, off-white) on the left." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5645.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Albisrieden.html">Albisrieden</a></span></p>Altstetterstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-31:/altstetterstrasse.html2023-10-31T19:45:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=8000&xkoord=2679036.745&ykoord=1248579.115&lang=&layer=Stadtbaum%3A%3A21&window=&selectedObject=str52&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Altstetterstrasse</a> goes from <a href="./altstetterplatz.html">Altstetterplatz</a> to <a href="./albisriederstrasse.html">Albisriederstrasse</a>. It is named after the Altstetten district (where it is), which was an independent municipality before its integration in Zürich in 1934.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Altstetterstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A two-way street with 4-story buildings, cars parked on parking spots on the sidewalk, and trees planted along the road." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4578.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Altstetterstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Catalpa tree: above a street with a zebra crossing, a tree, planted on the sidewalk, grows a canopy over the road. Long "beanpods" are hanging from the tree." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4579.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalpa">Catalpa tree</a>. The picture doesn't do justice to the magnificence of that tree.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Altstetterstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A three-lane, two-way street with 3-4-storey residential buildings with storefronts on the ground floors, a few cars on the street, and the Uetliberg forest hill in the background." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4582.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Altstetten.html">Altstetten</a>, <a href="/tree.html">tree</a></span></p>Altstetterplatztag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-30:/altstetterplatz.html2023-10-30T22:13:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/31568140">Altstetterplatz</a> is a square between Hohlstrasse and Bahnhof Altstetten. It is named after the Altstetten district (where it is), which was an independent municipality before its integration in Zürich in 1934.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Altstetterplatz_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Altstetterplatz in Zürich - train station, a couple of trees in front of it and a fountain (seen from the back)" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4570.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Altstetterplatz_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="IBM-Stengel, a sculpture by Bernhard Luginbühl on Altstetterplatz in Zürich. This is a red, metallic, elongated sculpture." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4571.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>"IBM-Stengel" sculpture by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Luginb%C3%BChl">Bernhard Luginbühl</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Altstetterplatz_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="Fountain in Altstetterplatz in Zürich - a small faucet projects water on rocks protuding from a metallic grid; a lot of moss has grown on the structure." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4574.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>"Wassermauer" fountain</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Altstetten.html">Altstetten</a>, <a href="/fountain.html">fountain</a>, <a href="/sculpture.html">sculpture</a></span></p>Althoosstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-29:/althoosstrasse.html2023-10-29T19:19:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/33713193">Althoosstrasse</a> goes from Käferholzstrasse to Rebhüsliweg. It is named after the location name “Althusen” – “old houses”, which was mentioned for the area already in 1415.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Althoosstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Zürich Althoosstrasse street sign: a blue street sign on a metallic pole in front of low trees and a blue sky" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5455.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Althoosstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Althoosstrasse in Zürich: a street with 2-3 story habitation buildings on each sides, small gardens and greenery, wooden picket fences." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5458.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Foxtail_amaranth_falling_from_a_picket_fence.jpg"><picture><img alt="Foxtail amaranth: dark pink flower strings falling from a higher point, along a fence. There's also a visible sign that says "Honig aus eigener Imkerei" - "honey from our own apiary"." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5463.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Foxtail amaranth. The sign next to it says "Honey from our own apiary".
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Althoosstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Althoosstrasse in Zürich: a curved two-way street with some trees, some 2-3 story habitation bulidings, and cars parked on the right side." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5469.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Althoosstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="Althoosstrasse in Zürich: a street that has a "dead end with bike and pedestrian exception" sign, a lower building with a wooden gable end, and a couple of cars and trash cans in front of it. The street is residential, a few low buildings are visible, as well as trees and hedges." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5474.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Affoltern.html">Affoltern</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a></span></p>Althoossteigtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-28:/althoossteig.html2023-10-28T20:15:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/556777359#map=18/47.41174/8.52464">Althoossteig</a> goes from Wehntalerstrasse to Käferholzstrasse. It is named after the location name "Althusen" - "old houses", which was mentioned for the area already in 1415 (so... super old houses, I guess?).
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Althoossteig_street_name_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Zürich Althoossteig street name sign: a blue street name sign on a metallic pole, in front of a small tree, in front of a higher residential building wtih a tile roof" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5476.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Althoossteig_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Althoossteig in Zürich: a narrow street, going down, with 3-storey buildings on each side and cars parked on blue parking spots. A red "no entry" sign indicates that the street is going one-way." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5477.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eriocapitella_hupehensis_in_a_hedge.jpg"><picture><img alt="Eriocapitella hupehensis: pale pink flowers with five large sepals and yellow/orange stamens. There are two flower blooms, surrounded by multiple round seedheads in dark purple sheaths. he flowers are near a concrete border and an asphalt road blurred in the background." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5481.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eriocapitella_hupehensis">Japanese anemones</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Althoossteig_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Althoossteig in Zürich: a narrow residential street with a lot of greenery visible, a "Zone 30" sign painted on the street, an a couple of cars parked. In the background of the picture, there is a more imposing building with a spired tower and timber framing, making the corner of the street." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5489.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Affoltern.html">Affoltern</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a></span></p>Alter Kirchenwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-27:/alter-kirchenweg.html2023-10-27T13:47:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2683000.9458322763&ykoord=1242975.62&lang=&layer=Stadtbaum%3A%3A21&window=&selectedObject=str2305&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Alter Kirchenweg</a> goes from Kalchbühlstrasse to the city boundary in Kilchberg. It means "old church path" - it was the road to the church in Kilchberg (Wollishofen belonged to the Kilchberg church parish until 1702).
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alter_Kirchenweg_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Zürich Alter Kirchenweg street sign: a blue sign, somewhat dirty, in front of tree leaves" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6659.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alter_Kirchenweg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Alter Kirchenweg in Zürich: a pedestrian asphalt path next to a field, with the city in the far away background" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6661.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_from_Alter_Kirchenweg_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="View from Alter Kirchenweg in Zürich: gardens in the forefront, a little piece of the Zürich lake, and the other side of the lake (heavily constructed)" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6663.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Hey, the lake!
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Family_gardens_on_Alter_Kirchenweg_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Family gardens on Alter Kirchenweg in Zürich: gardens in the foreground, trees in the background (with a shed and a blue flag), and cows in the meadows between them." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6667.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carpinus_Betelus_on_Alter_Kirchenweg_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Carpinus Betelus on Alter Kirchenweg in Zürich: a large tree with a round structure and low branches" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6673.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpinus_betulus">common hornbeam</a>, starting to get autumn colors
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_of_the_family_gardens_in_Alter_Kirchenweg_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Entrance of the family gardens in Alter Kirchenweg in Zürich: a small asphalt path leading to a fenced area with gardens and sheds" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6680.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Entrance of the allotments (family gardens)
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sheep_under_a_tarp.jpg"><picture><img alt="5 sheep under a green tarp set up as a small tent" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6682.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>I hadn't seen the sheep when walking from the other direction!</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Wollishofen.html">Wollishofen</a>, <a href="/tree.html">tree</a></span></p>Altenhofstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-26:/altenhofstrasse.html2023-10-26T07:05:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/567855062#map=19/47.35485/8.56120">Altenhofstrasse</a> goes from Wildbachstrasse to Zollikerstrasse. It is named after the property "Zum Alten Hof" (old court/yard/farm), which was on Wildbachstrasse until 1960.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Altenhofstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Altenhofstrasse street sign in Zürich: A blue sign in front of a tree and a residential building, with a "forbidden to all vehicules" signs below it" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6165.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erl%C3%B6ser_Kirche_in_Z%C3%BCrich,_seen_from_Altenhofstrasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6167-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erl%C3%B6ser_(Z%C3%BCrich-Riesbach)">Erlöser Kirche</a>, seen from Altenhofstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drinking_fountain_on_Altenhofstrasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="Drinking fountain on Altenhofstrasse in Zürich: detail of a drinking fountain (currently off) made of a metallic stylized bird." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6172.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erl%C3%B6ser_Kirche_and_youth_center_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Erlöser Kirche and Jungenhaus in Zürich: a brightly colored low building, with a tree and a white church in the background" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6177.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Erlöser Kirche again, with its colorful church youth center
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tunnel_in_Altenhofstrasse,_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Tunnel in Altenhofstrasse, Zürich: a pedestrian tunnel where the curved walls have been painted; an orca is visible in the foreground of the image." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6181.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Riesbach.html">Riesbach</a>, <a href="/church.html">church</a>, <a href="/fountain.html">fountain</a></span></p>Alte Zürichstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-25:/alte-zürichstrasse.html2023-10-25T20:52:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=1000&xkoord=2688776.999384181&ykoord=1246357.6159725436&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str47&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Alte Zürichstrasse</a> goes from Witikonerstrasse to the city boundary in Fällanden. It was the old road from Witikon to Zürich, which gave it its name.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alte_Z%C3%BCrichstrasse_-_Allenwiesliweg_path_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Wooden path sign separating Alte Zürichstrasse and Allenwiesliweg, with a couple of yellow hiking path signs on top" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6401.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alte_Z%C3%BCrichstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Alte Zürichstrasse in Zürich: a gravel path between a green meadow and a forest, with residential buildings in the background" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6403.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ivy_on_a_tree_on_Alte_Z%C3%BCrichstrasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="Ivy leaves covering a tree trunk" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6408.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>See ivy, photograph ivy. That's the rule.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Top_of_a_spring_box_on_Alte_Z%C3%BCrichstrasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="Top of a spring box (small concrete structure with a metallic hatch on top) in the middle of greenery" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6409.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Top of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_box">spring box</a> (yes, I've learnt that word on <a href="./allenwiesliweg.html">Allenwiesliweg</a>, so I'm re-using it.)
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alte_Z%C3%BCrichstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="View from Alte Zürichstrasse: a green meadow, yellowing trees in the background, and a road with a white and blue bus" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6412.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>View on Witikonerstrasse, with a bus
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://alphabeticalzurich.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/imgp6417.jpg"><picture><img alt="A white and orange cat lying in a green grass meadow." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6417.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>See cat, photograph cat. That's another rule.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alte_Z%C3%BCrichstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="Alte Zürichstrasse in Zürich: a gravel path in the forest. There seems to be a clearing further down the path." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6425-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_fungi_and_moss.jpg"><picture><img alt="Some round-shaped, white fungi on a forest ground with moss" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6431.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>See mushrooms, photograph mushrooms: yet another rule. Also, this image is currently tagged "Unidentified fungi of Switzerland" on Commons, and I'm claiming that as my next band name.</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Witikon.html">Witikon</a>, <a href="/cat.html">cat</a>, <a href="/forest.html">forest</a>, <a href="/mushrooms.html">mushrooms</a></span></p>Alte Regensdorferstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-24:/alte-regensdorferstrasse.html2023-10-24T07:19:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/28051453#map=17/47.41467/8.48459">Alte Regensdorferstrasse</a> is a forest path from Regensdorferstrasse to Heizenholz. It was the previous road from Höngg to Regensdorf, and is running parallel to the current Regensdorferstrasse.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alte_Regensdorferstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Alte Regensdorferstrasse street sign" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6617.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alte_Regensdorferstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Alte Regensdorferstrasse in Zürich: a gravel path in the forest" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6626.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beaver_fountain.jpg"><picture><img alt="A beaver sculpted in a tree as a base for a water fountain" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6634.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alte_Regensdorferstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Trees on Alte Regensdorferstrasse in Zürich" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6640.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alte_Regensdorferstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="Alte Regensdorferstrasse in Zürich: a gravel path in the forest. In the background, the trees seemingly form an arch over the path." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6646.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Höngg.html">Höngg</a>, <a href="/forest.html">forest</a>, <a href="/fountain.html">fountain</a>, <a href="/sculpture.html">sculpture</a></span></p>Alte Mühlackerstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-23:/alte-mühlackerstrasse.html2023-10-23T21:47:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/14870816#map=17/47.42446/8.50762">Alte Mühlackerstrasse</a> goes from Zehntenhaussstrasse to Mühlackerstrasse. It is named after a field belonging to a mill.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alte_M%C3%BChlackerstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Alte Mühlackerstrasse in Zürich: horse pastures and buildings in the background" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6588.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Street_sign_for_Alte_M%C3%BChlackerstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Street sign for Alte Mühlackerstrasse in Zürich: a blue sign on a greay pole, over a blue sky." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6589.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alte_M%C3%BChlackerstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Alte Mühlackerstrasse in Zürich: a narrow street between two horse pastures, with a buildings in the background" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6592.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Unterdorf_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Kirche Unterdorf in Zürich: a white church building with a dark bell tower" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6594.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirche_Unterdorf_(Z%C3%BCrich-Affoltern)">Kirche Unterdorf</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alte_M%C3%BChlackerstrasse_14_-_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Denkmalschutz plate for Alte Mühlackerstrasse 14. A dark blue metallic plate on a yellow wall. The German text reads: "Alte Mühlackerstrasse 14 - 1835 erstellte Landwirt Jacob Meier hier ein e Scheune. 1849 Anbau des Wohnhauses auf der Ostseite. Durch Zahlreiche An- und Ambauten seit dem 19. Jahrhundert erhielt das stattliche Bauernhaus mit Wohnteil, Tenn, Stall und Scheune unter einem grossen Satteldach sein heutiges Ercheinungsbuild. Unter Denkmalschutz seit 2004"" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6595.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Plate for Alte Mühlackerstrasse. Quick translation: "Alte Mühlackerstrasse 14 - In 1835, the farmer Jacob Meier built a barn here. In 1849, the house was extended on the east side. Thanks to numerous additions and extensions since the 19th century, the stately farmhouse with a living area, a threshing floor, a stable and a barn under a large gable roof has reached its current appearance. Listed as a historical monument since 2004."
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Denkmalschutz_plate_for_Alte_M%C3%BChlackerstrasse_14.jpg"><picture><img alt="Zürich Alte Mühlackerstrasse 14 - a large yellow house with a barn on its side" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6597.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Alte Mühlacker 14
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alte_M%C3%BChlackerstrasse_14_-_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Zürich Alte Mühlackerstrasse 14 - a yellow barn with a horse pen in front" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6599.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Same building, from the other side.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alte_M%C3%BChlackerstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="Alte Mühlackerstrasse in Zürich: a street with 4-5-story buildings in the background and a hedge on the right" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6603.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Affoltern.html">Affoltern</a>, <a href="/church.html">church</a></span></p>Alte Kalchbühlstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-22:/alte-kalchbühlstrasse.html2023-10-22T20:29:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=false&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2682505.425&ykoord=1243845.78&lang=&layer=Stadtbaum%3A%3A21%2CStadtquartier%3A%3A17&window=&selectedObject=str44&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Alte Kalchbühlstrasse</a> goes from <a href="./albisstrasse.html">Albisstrasse</a> and formally ends in a dead end (but there's a pedestrian access to Kalchbühlstrasse.) It is named after the word Kalchbühl, that is a small hill (Bühl) where limestone (Kalch) would be quarried and calcinated.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alte_Kalchb%C3%BChlstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Alte Kalchbühlstrasse street sign: a blue sign on a grey pole, with a "dead end except for pedestrians" sign below it." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6113.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alte_Kalchb%C3%BChlstrasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Alte Kalchbühlstrasse in Zürich: a narrow street with three-story buildings on its left. The buildings are brick-yellow and have windowed balconies protruding from the façade." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6115.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>I kind of like the verandas/windowed balconies!
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sunflower_on_a_metallic_fence.jpg"><picture><img alt="Two metallic poles, in between which a yellow sunflower appears" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6116.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Oh look, a sunflower.</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Wollishofen.html">Wollishofen</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a></span></p>Alte Gockhauserstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-21:/alte-gockhauserstrasse.html2023-10-21T20:01:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2686698.02&ykoord=1248094.8250000002&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str43&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Alte Gockhauserstrasse</a> goes from Dreiwiesenstrasse to Forthausweg. It was the previous road to Gockhausen (a hamlet of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%BCbendorf">Dübendorf</a>) hence the name.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alte_Gockhauserstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Alte Gockhauserstrasse in Zürich: a gravel path in the forest" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5018.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alte_Gockhauserstrasse_path_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Zürich Alte Gockhauserstrasse path sign: a wooden path sign showing Alte Gochkauserstr., and blue and yellow hiking path signs." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5027.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alte_Gockhauserstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Alte Gockhauserstrasse in Zürich: a gravel path in the forest" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5030.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Hottingen.html">Hottingen</a>, <a href="/forest.html">forest</a></span></p>Alte Feldeggstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-20:/alte-feldeggstrasse.html2023-10-20T06:21:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/39218521">Alte Feldeggstrasse</a> goes from Dufourstrasse to Bellerivestrasse (although reaching Bellerivestrasse is not obvious ;) ). It is thought to have been a part of the Feldeggstrasse before 1870, and "Feldegg" was a group of buildings (a wash house and a barn). Feldegg might have come from "Feld" and "Ecke", possibly designing the corner of a meadow.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alte_Feldeggstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Zürich Alte Feldeggstrasse street sign: a blue sign on a beige textured wall" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5579.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alte_Feldeggstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Alte Feldeggstrasse in Zürich: a narrow street with cars parked on the right and 4-5-story buildings all around." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5580.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alte_Feldeggstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Alte Feldeggstrasse in Zürich: a 4-story building with a lot of windows and a bit of a curve reflecting the brown buildings in front of i" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5582.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alte_Feldeggstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="Alte Feldeggstrasse in Zürich: a pink 5-story building at a 90° angle with a black and yellow building hidden behind trees" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5585.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alte_Feldeggstrasse_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="Alte Feldeggstrasse in Zürich: a narrow street with 4-5-story buildings (stone on the left, glass on the right) and cars parked in blue spots on the left" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5589.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Riesbach.html">Riesbach</a></span></p>Allmendwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-19:/allmendweg.html2023-10-19T20:35:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=false&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2681630.4050000003&ykoord=1245184.865&lang=&layer=Stadtquartier%3A%3A17&window=&selectedObject=str2479&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Allmendweg</a> goes from <a href="./allmendbrücke.html">Allmendbrücke</a> to Waidmattweg. It is named after the word <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allmende">Allmend(e)</a> (along which it goes), which means common land. More specifically, this refers to the Allmend Brunau, which is a large open space where people (and dogs!) can enjoy a bit of nature and a some sport installations.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uetliberg_from_Allmendweg_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Uetliberg from Allmendweg in Zürich: a grass meadow, a layer of trees and a hill in the background." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6578-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The Uetliberg, seen from Allmendweg
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Allmendweg_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Allmendweg in Zürich: a gravel path in the middle of a grass meadow, with trees and a hill in the background" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6581.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sihlcity_seen_from_Allmendweg_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Sihlcity mall seen from Allmendweg in Zürich: a mall with buildings and a spiral parking lot, as well as a high brick chimney, with a grass meadow in the foreground" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6584.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sihlcity">Sihlcity</a> mall, as seen from Allmendweg</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Uetliberg.html">Uetliberg</a>, <a href="/Wiedikon.html">Wiedikon</a></span></p>Allmendstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-18:/allmendstrasse.html2023-10-18T20:23:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=8000&xkoord=2681885.6500000004&ykoord=1244627.41&lang=&layer=Stadtquartier%3A%3A17&window=&selectedObject=str41&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Allmendstrasse</a> goes from Giesshübelstrasse to Maneggbrücke. It is named after the word <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allmende">Allmend(e)</a> (along which it goes), which means common land. More specifically, this refers to the Allmend Brunau, which is a large open space where people (and dogs!) can enjoy a bit of nature and a some sport installations.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Brunau_train_station.jpg"><picture><img alt="Zürich Brunau train station: Two train stops on both sides of train tracks, with a glass shelter (reflecting a green hill), benches and a blue ticket machine." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4661.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Brunau train station on the S4
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Allmendstrasse_along_the_train_track_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Allmendstrasse in Zürich: A street along a train track, with an Autobahn entry point visible in the background" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4669.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Allmendstrasse_along_the_train_track_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Allmendstrasse in Zürich: A street along a train track, with no barrier between the tracks and the road" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4674.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malva_Alcea_and_Hypericum_Perforatum_on_a_wire_fence.jpg"><picture><img alt="Pink-purple flowers (malva alcea) and yellow flowers (hypericum perforatum) growing on a wire fence" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4677.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malva_alcea">Vervain mallow</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypericum_perforatum">St John's wort </a>growing on a wire fence
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Allmendstrasse_along_the_train_track_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="Zürich Allmendstrasse, between the Autobahn and the train tracks" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4682.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A3W_in_Z%C3%BCrich,_seen_from_Allmendstrasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="A3W in Zürich, seen from Allmendstrasse - a highway with multiple signs for Zürich-City, Brunau, Chur/Bern/Basel/St-Gallen." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4690.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>A3W along Allmendstrasse</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Wiedikon.html">Wiedikon</a>, <a href="/Wollishofen.html">Wollishofen</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a></span></p>Allmendstegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-17:/allmendsteg.html2023-10-17T07:17:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/118028398#map=17/47.35138/8.52017">Allmendsteg</a> is a bridge over the highway and over the Allmend park below it. It goes from Gfellstrasse to Elfenweg and Scheibenrain. It is named after the word <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allmende">Allmend(e)</a>, which means common land. More specifically, this refers to the Allmend Brunau, which is a large open space where people (and dogs!) can enjoy a bit of nature and a some sport installations.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Allmendsteg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Stairs going up a bridge above the Autobahn. Direction signs to Zürich are visible." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4694.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The stairs at the beginning of Allmensteg
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Allmendsteg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="View from above over a railway track and a freeway" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4696.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Allmendsteg_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="Bridge with an asphalt ground and metallic barrier, with high trees in the background" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4699.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Allmendsteg_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="View from a bridge over a rail track, where a red train is running, and a highway." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4703.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sihltal_railway_line">S4 train</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Allmendsteg_05.jpg"><picture><img alt="A large green grass area, with the Uetliberg in the background." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4704.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The Uetliberg, as seen from Allmendsteg
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Allmendsteg_06.jpg"><picture><img alt="A large green grass area, with the Uetliberg in the background. The sun is setting behind the mountain." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4711.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>More Uetliberg</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Uetliberg.html">Uetliberg</a>, <a href="/Wollishofen.html">Wollishofen</a>, <a href="/bridge.html">bridge</a></span></p>Allmendbrücketag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-16:/allmendbrücke.html2023-10-16T08:51:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/118028400">Allmendbrücke</a> is a bridge over the Sihl. It goes from Gfellstrasse to Allmendweg. It is named after the word <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allmende">Allmend(e)</a>, which means common land. More specifically, this refers to the Allmend Brunau, which is a large open space where people (and dogs!) can enjoy a bit of nature and a some sport installations.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Allmendbr%C3%BCcke_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Zürich Allmendbrücke street sign" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6535.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Allmendbr%C3%BCcke_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Allmendbrücke in Zürich: a pedestrian bridge with metallic rails on each side, and trees all around" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6536.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sihl_and_Uetliberg_from_Allmendbr%C3%BCcke_in_Z%C3%BCrich_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="View on the Sihl and the Uetliberg from Allmendbrücke in Zürich: a quiet river with a hill in the background and a meadow on the left side" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6539.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sihl_and_Uetliberg_from_Allmendbr%C3%BCcke_in_Z%C3%BCrich_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="View on the Sihl and the Uetliberg from Allmendbrücke in Zürich: a quiet river with a hill in the background and a meadow on the right side" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6543.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sihl_river_from_Allmendbr%C3%BCcke_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Sihl river from Allmendbrücke in Zürich: a quiet river reflecting the cloudy sky, with a meadow and trees on the left side" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6546.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Allmendbr%C3%BCcke_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Allmendbrücke in Zürich: a bridge with metallic rails above a river, that reflects both the bridge and its surroundings" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6549.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Allmendbr%C3%BCcke_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="Allmendbrücke in Zürich: a pedestrian bridge with metallic rails on each side, and trees all around" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6552.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heron_on_the_Sihl.jpg"><picture><img alt="Heron next to the Sihl river, as seen from Allmendbrücke" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6558.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Found a heron.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crow_on_a_metal_beam.jpg"><picture><img alt="A crow, facing the photographer, on a metallic beam with some graffiti, and green/orange leaves in the background" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6566.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Found a crow (actually, found a murder of crows, but this one was less afraid of cameras).</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Sihl.html">Sihl</a>, <a href="/Wiedikon.html">Wiedikon</a>, <a href="/Wollishofen.html">Wollishofen</a>, <a href="/bridge.html">bridge</a>, <a href="/river.html">river</a></span></p>Allmannstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-15:/allmannstrasse.html2023-10-15T15:45:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=false&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2683893.085&ykoord=1252229.225&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str40&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Allmannstrasse</a> goes from Binzmühlestrasse to Grubenackerstrasse. It is named after the <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allmen">Allmen</a> mountain in Kanton Zürich.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Allmannstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Zürich Allmannstrasse street sign: a blue sign on a grey wall, surrounded by small red leaves" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6432-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Virginia_creeper_with_fruit_on_a_grey_wall.jpg"><picture><img alt="Virginia creeper with fruit on a grey wall - a wall of red leaves and a few dark blue berries in the foreground." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6435.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenocissus_quinquefolia">Virginia creeper</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Allmannstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Allmannstrasse in Zürich - a small pedestrian alley, going uphill between a high green hedge and a wall with red leaves" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6437.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Allmannstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Allmannstrasse in Zürich: a small pedestrian alley with residential buildings on each side; on the left side, a pennant garland hanging on a metallic rail; on the right side, the building is hidden by low trees." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6438.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_over_Oerlikon_from_Allmannstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="View over Oerlikon from Allmannstrasse: a narrow street with, on the right, a wooden fence separating the street from the train track and, in the background, high rises buildings and a far-away hill." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6446.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>View over Oerlikon and the Uetliberg from Allmannstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_over_Oerlikon_from_Allmannstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="View over Oerlikon from Allmannstrasse - High-rise buildings, seen from a street, with wild greenery in the foreground." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6448.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>More Oerlikon buildings, seen from Allmannstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sweet_peas_on_Allmannstrasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="Sweat peas: pink flowers and buds with green leaves and herbs in the background" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6457.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_pea">Sweet peas</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Summer_lilac.jpg"><picture><img alt="Summer lilac: small light pink flowers in a cluster" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6459.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddleja_davidii">Summer lilac</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yellow_flowers_of_Jerusalem_artichoke.jpg"><picture><img alt="Jerusalem artichoke flowers: large yellow flowers" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6468.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_artichoke">Jerusalem artichoke</a> flowers</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Seebach.html">Seebach</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a></span></p>Bonus: a pretty stink bugtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-15:/bonus-a-pretty-stink-bug.html2023-10-15T07:23:00+00:00<p class="post-item">Occasionally, I run into things that don't fit a specific street. The other day, it was an <a href="./air show.html">air show</a>; yesterday, it's a pretty stink bug.
</p><p class="post-item">One surprising side effect of this project is that I find myself trying to identify what I see as much as I can - plants, statues, and, well, bugs. This one stopped me on my tracks because it was golden/visible enough that I first thought that someone had lost jewelry in the middle of the blackberry brambles!
</p><p class="post-item">But no, it's just a fairly regular <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nezara_viridula">southern green stink bug</a>, that just happens to be (I think) in its fourth <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instar">instar</a> phase. (So I also learnt new things about bugs). So here, get bug pictures (CW bug and decaying fruit).
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nezara_viridula_on_blackberries_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A southern green stink bug on a bunch of red blackberries. The bug is green with golden dots on its back and a line of red/brown dots around it. The bug is seen from the side." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6475.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nezara_viridula_on_blackberries_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A southern green stink bug on a bunch of red blackberries. The bug is green with golden dots on its back and a line of red/brown dots around it. The bug is seen from the the front/top." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6477.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nezara_viridula_on_blackberries_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A southern green stink bug on a bunch of red blackberries. The bug is green with golden dots on its back and a line of red/brown dots around it. The bug is seen from the front." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6483.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nezara_viridula_on_blackberries_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="A southern green stink bug on a bunch of red blackberries. The bug is green with golden dots on its back and a line of red/brown dots around it. The bug is seen from the top and the side." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6485.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nezara_viridula_on_blackberries_05.jpg"><picture><img alt="A southern green stink bug on a bunch of red blackberries. The bug is green with golden dots on its back and a line of red/brown dots around it. The bug is seen from the top." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6494.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure>Allenwiesliwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-14:/allenwiesliweg.html2023-10-14T09:17:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=false&basemap=Luftbild+2019&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2688384.995&ykoord=1246218.5699999998&lang=&layer=Bauernhofladen%3A%3A65%2CGartenareal%3A%3A56%2CFriedhof%3A%3A54%2CBiken%3A%3A44%2CKunst+im+Stadtraum%3A%3A41%2CLaufen%3A%3A40%2CLehrpfade%3A%3A36%2CLehrpfade%3A%3A35%2CPark+und+Picknick%3A%3A35%2CSchlitteln%3A%3A31%2CSpielplatz%3A%3A23%2CStadtbaum%3A%3A21%2CVeloverleih%3A%3A7%2CWanderweg%3A%3A4&route_to=2679810%2C1248124&route_type=Zu+Fuss&window=&selectedObject=str39&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Allenwiesliweg</a> is a forest path from Oetlisbergweg to Alte Zürichstrasse. Like Allenmoosstrasse, it may be named after a small meadow planted with willows.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Street_sign_for_Allenwiesliweg_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Street sign for Allenwiesliweg in Zürich: a wooden street sign in front of forest background" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6340.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Street sign for Allenwiesliweg
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trees_on_Allenwiesliweg_in_Switzerland.jpg"><picture><img alt="Trees on Allenwiesliweg in Switzerland: a couple of trees with a naked trunk and yellow leaves on top, seen from below, detaching over the blue sky" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6345.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Allenwiesliweg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Allenwiesliweg in Zürich: a gravel path in the middle of the woods." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6360.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_from_the_Allenwiesliweg_over_the_Uetliberg.jpg"><picture><img alt="View over the Uetliberg from Allenwiesliweg: a path on the left side, trees casting a shadow, and the silhouette of the Uetliberg in the background, fairly hazy. The light is golden." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6362.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>View over the Uetliberg
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Allenwiesliweg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Allenwiesliweg in Zürich - a gravel path, a meadow, trees, and a couple of spring boxes covers (metallic hatches slightly above ground)" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6376.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_box">Spring box</a> covers
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_fungi_on_Allenwiesliweg.jpg"><picture><img alt="White fungi caps with brown patterns on a forest soil" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6385.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Found some fungi! (No idea what they are)
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_and_white_fungi_on_Allenwiesliweg.jpg"><picture><img alt="Three white and black fungi with open caps, and some smaller brown fungi on the ground, in a forest" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6392.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Found more fungi! (nope, still no idea)</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Witikon.html">Witikon</a>, <a href="/forest.html">forest</a>, <a href="/mushrooms.html">mushrooms</a>, <a href="/tree.html">tree</a></span></p>Allenmoosstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-13:/allenmoosstrasse.html2023-10-13T06:29:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=16000&xkoord=2683377.736&ykoord=1251023.6945&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str38&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Allenmoosstrasse</a> goes from Hofwiesenstrasse to Dörflistrasse. It comes from the field name "Salenmoos", which describes swampy land on which <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salix_caprea">willows</a> grows. The name has derived from Salenmoos because it was interpreted as s'Alenmoss (where the "s" would be an article - the local version of "das").
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Allenmoosstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Allenmoosstrasse in Zürich: a street going downwards with 3-4 story buildings on each side, and the green steeple of the Herz Jesu (Zürich-Oerlikon) with its large clock faces in the background." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4782.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>View over the tower of the <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herz_Jesu_%28Z%C3%BCrich-Oerlikon%29">Herz Jesu (Zürich Oerlikon)</a> tower, from Allenmoosstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Allenmoosstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Allenmoosstrasse in Zürich: a narrow residential street with cars parked in blue spots, 3-4 story buildings and trees from gardens on each side of the road." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4785.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Allenmoosstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="Allenmoosstrasse in Zürich: a narrow residential street with 2-3 story buildings and trees from gardens on each side of the road." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4798.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_door_on_Allenmoosstrasse_(Z%C3%BCrich"><picture><img alt="A white door on top of a few steps protected by a metal rail. There's a large amount of ivy around the door, a small gridded window, and hortensia flowers behind the wooden fence below the door." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp4799.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Oerlikon.html">Oerlikon</a>, <a href="/Unterstrass.html">Unterstrass</a></span></p>Algierstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-12:/algierstrasse.html2023-10-12T19:03:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=false&basemap=Luftbild+2019&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2678701.275&ykoord=1248227.02&lang=&layer=Bauernhofladen%3A%3A65%2CGartenareal%3A%3A56%2CFriedhof%3A%3A54%2CBiken%3A%3A44%2CKunst+im+Stadtraum%3A%3A41%2CLaufen%3A%3A40%2CLehrpfade%3A%3A36%2CLehrpfade%3A%3A35%2CPark+und+Picknick%3A%3A35%2CSchlitteln%3A%3A31%2CSpielplatz%3A%3A23%2CStadtbaum%3A%3A21%2CVeloverleih%3A%3A7%2CWanderweg%3A%3A4&route_to=2679810%2C1248124&route_type=Zu+Fuss&window=&selectedObject=str37&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Algierstrasse</a> goes from Altstetterstrasse to Lyrenweg. It was named after the property named Im Algier, which was itself named after someone who went to Algiers.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Algierstrasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Street sign for Algierstrasse, indicating that it's a dead-end for cars (but that bikes and pedestrians can go through)." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6294.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Street sign for Algierstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Algierstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Algierstrasse, a narrow residential road with 3-4-story buildings and trees in the background." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6296.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yellow_Tropaeolum_Maju_with_leaves.jpg"><picture><img alt="Yellow Tropaeolum Maju with leaves" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6302.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropaeolum_majus">Garden nasturtium</a> flowers
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cosmos_bipinnatus_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Cosmos bipinnatus - a hot pink flower with a yellow heart" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6304.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos_bipinnatus">Garden cosmos</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Algierstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Algierstrasse in Zürich - a 4-story wooden-covered house on the left, individial houses, a conifer on the right whose head has been cut off, and the city in the background." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6307.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Algierstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="Algierstrasse in Zürich, where it starts to be a pedestrian path. A small brick building between two trees, more trees in the background, a narrow asphalted path." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6309.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uetliberg_seen_from_Algierstrasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="Uetliberg seen from Algierstrasse - a small hill with a large antenna on top, in the background of a picture with a tree, some grass and some buildings" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6313.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The Uetliberg, as seen from Algierstrasse</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Altstetten.html">Altstetten</a>, <a href="/Uetliberg.html">Uetliberg</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a></span></p>Alfred-Strebel-Wegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-10:/alfred-strebel-weg.html2023-10-10T20:46:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/14942773#map=18/47.37123/8.49491">Alfred-Strebel-Weg</a> starts from Letzigraben and ends in a dead-end. It is named after Alfred Strebel, who was the last president (mayor) of the Albisrieden municipality, before it was integrated to Zürich in 1933.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alfred_Strebel_Weg_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Alfred Strebel Weg street sign. The sign reads "Alfred Strebel (1884-1943) - Gemeindepräsident von Albisrieden vor den Eingemeindung (1926-1933)"." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5647.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Alfred-Strebel-Weg street sign. The sign translates to "Alfred Strebel (1884-1943) - Municipality president (mayor) of Albisrieden before the incorporation (1926-1933)".
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alfred-Strebel-Weg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Zürich Alfred-Strebel-Weg. A short dead-end street with a high-rise residential building in the background and cars parked on the right." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5649.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pink_and_white_rose_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Pink and white rose: a rose with a white heart and dark pink petals over a background of green leaves" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5655.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Found a rose!
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_Citro%C3%ABn_2CV_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A green Citroën 2CV with a sticker "I fly bleifrei" on the side" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5657.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Also found: a far less common Citroën 2CV.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="Building at the end of Alfred-Strebel-Weg - a high-rise residential building" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5659.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Building at the end of the street
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alfred-Strebel-Weg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Zürich Alfred-Strebel-Weg - a small residential street with trees and residential buildings" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp5660.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Albisrieden.html">Albisrieden</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a></span></p>Alfred-Escher-Strassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-04:/alfred-escher-strasse.html2023-10-04T07:34:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/stadtplan.aspx#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=4000&xkoord=2682707.075&ykoord=1246172.08&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str35&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Alfred-Escher-Strasse</a> goes from Bleicherweg to Mythenquai. It is named after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Escher">Alfred Escher</a>, statesman and business leader, and one of the founders of the Gotthard railway, and what are today known as Credit Suisse and Swiss Life.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alfred-Escher-Strasse_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Alfred-Escher-Strasse street sign in Zürich: a blue street name sign on a wall." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6245.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The German text reads "Alfred Escher-Str. - Staatsmann und Wirtschaftsführer - 1819-1882 Schöpfer der Gottardbahn", which translates to "Alfred Escher-Str. - Statesman and business leader - 1819-1882 Creator of the Gotthard railway".
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_at_the_angle_of_Alfred-Escher-Strasse_and_Bodmerstrasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="Building at the angle of Alfred-Escher-Strasse and Bodmerstrasse in Zürich. 5-story stone building with angled bay window and roof dormer windows." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6247.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>At the angle of Alfred-Escher-Strasse and Bodmerstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alfred-Escher-Strasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Zürich Alfred-Escher-Strasse - a two-way, four-lane street split by an island with plane trees. There are 5-6-story buildings on each side of the street." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6251.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_at_the_angle_of_Alfred-Escher-Strasse_and_Gotthardstrasse.jpg"><picture><img alt="A brown and white 5-story building with square bay window on the street corner, topped by a green roof and a narrow spire. There are storefronts on the ground levels and balconies on the upper levels. The roof floor has a dormer window and a couple of roof windows." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6255.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>At the angle of Alfred-Escher-Strasse and Gotthardstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alfred-Escher-Strasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A two-way, four-lane avenue with an island of plane trees in the middle of it." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6257.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sculpture_on_Alfred-Escher-Strasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="Abstract bronze sculpture; intertwined bronze loops." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6259.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Sculpture "<a href="./ohne titel.html">Ohne Titel</a>(<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27229994>)" by Max Kestenholz
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A building made of glass waves, on which the sun reflects multiple times over an arc in the top left corner of the building." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6264.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Reflections on one of the Swiss Re buildings
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SwissRe_buildings_on_Alfred-Escher-Strasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A stone building with high windows; another more modern glass building is visible on the left side." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6269.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Swiss Re building
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="Red cranes forming a triangle in front of the blue sky" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6273.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The cranes, they are triangulating!
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Inn_building_on_Alfred-Escher-Strasse_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A building with a curvy top and white and green tiles on the facade, and an Old Inn sign above the ground floor." src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6274.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Enge.html">Enge</a>, <a href="/crane.html">crane</a>, <a href="/sculpture.html">sculpture</a></span></p>Alfred-Altherr-Terrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-02:/alfred-altherr-terrasse.html2023-10-02T20:13:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=1000&xkoord=2684019.2613264304&ykoord=1249973.5035949883&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str2525&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Alfred-Altherr-Terrasse</a> is a public park between Frohburgstrasse and Strikhofstrasse, on top of a water reservoir. It is named after <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Johann_Altherr">Alfred Altherr</a>, who was an architect, the head of the <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunstgewerbeschule_Z%C3%BCrich">Kunstgewerbeschule</a> (School of Applied Arts) in Zürich, and the founder of the Schweizerischer Werkbund (Swiss association of Craftsmen).
</p><p class="post-item">It's not the first place I couldn't visit, but it's the first one I'm posting here in this context! The park is getting renovated, and there was fences all around when I went, preventing access. I still got a couple of shots from below, because this park is situated on top of a reservoir :)
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alfred-Altherr-Terrasse_(Z%C3%BCrich"><picture><img alt="Alfred-Altherr-Terrasse (Zürich) street sign" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6205.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The blue sign translates to "Alfred Altherr (1875 - 1945) - Head of the School of Applied Arts from 1912 to 1938 - Founder of the Swiss Association of Craftsmen".
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hornbeams_on_Alfred-Alther-Terrasse_(Z%C3%BCrich"><picture><img alt="A terrasse, seen from below, with a metallic rail/fence and trees (hornbeams)" src="/pics/2023/10/imgp6212.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpinus_betulus">European hornbeams</a> from Alfred-Altherr-Terrasse, seen from below</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Oberstrass.html">Oberstrass</a>, <a href="/park.html">park</a></span></p>Alemannensteigtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-10-01:/alemannensteig.html2023-10-01T15:50:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2681242.94&ykoord=1246989.4&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str34&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Alemannensteig</a> goes from Goldbrunnenstrasse to Haldenstrasse. It is named after the word Alemannen, which means <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemanni">Alemanni</a> - a confederation of germanic tribes that lived in the area in the 6th and 7th century.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alemannensteig_street_sign.jpg"><picture><img alt="Alemannensteig street sign - a white-on-blue metallic sign on a pole, with holly around and behind it." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp6277-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holly_berries_and_leaves.jpg"><picture><img alt="Holly berries and leaves - red berries and pointy green leaves" src="/pics/2023/09/imgp6279-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Not a very seasonal picture, but found some holly!
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alemannensteig_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Alemannensteig in Zürich - a narrow pedestrian alley with low stairsteps and a ramp on the left, wooden fences and a lot of trees and greenery" src="/pics/2023/09/imgp6284-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Insect_hotel_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A wooden insect hotel made of different compartments with different wooden essences on a white wall with lavender at the bottom of it" src="/pics/2023/09/imgp6286.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>An insect hotel on a building
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fuchsia_magellanica_on_a_metal_grid.jpg"><picture><img alt="Fuschia magellanica - red/purple/pink elongated bell flowers dropping from a metallic grid" src="/pics/2023/09/imgp6287.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuchsia_magellanica">Fuschia magellanica</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyracantha_angustifolia,_berries_and_foliage.jpg"><picture><img alt="Pyracantha angustifolia: bright orange berries in a tight cluster, seen from below in front of blurred green foliage" src="/pics/2023/09/imgp6290.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyracantha_angustifolia">Pyracantha angustifolia</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alemannensteig_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Alemannensteig in Zürich: a narrow pedestrian alley with a ramp on the right side" src="/pics/2023/09/imgp6292.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Wiedikon.html">Wiedikon</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a>, <a href="/insect hotel.html">insect hotel</a></span></p>Alderstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-09-28:/alderstrasse.html2023-09-28T20:04:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2684230.585&ykoord=1245659.417912966&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str33&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Alderstrasse</a> goes from Bellerivestrasse to Seefeldstrasse. It is named after the Alder family name; the owners of the first residential buildings were named that way.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alderstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street that shows 3-4 story-buildings on its right and green hedges and trees on its left. A lot of cars are parked on blue parking spots on the street." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp6143.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alderstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue street sign, written "Alder-Str.", on a yellow/beige wall with a window and an light panel side. There's a metal balcony on the perpendicular wall." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp6147.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alderstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street with 4-5-story residential or office buildings on each side. There's a visible green hill in the far distance, and some trees/greenery between the end of the street and the hill." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp6150.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>There's the Uetliberg in the background!
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Alderstrasse_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="A statue of a naked woman, kneeling and untangling her hair with a comb." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp6156.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>A statue on a bench-like structure, in front of a building on Alderstrasse</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Riesbach.html">Riesbach</a>, <a href="/sculpture.html">sculpture</a></span></p>Albulastrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-09-27:/albulastrasse.html2023-09-27T19:44:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2679654.0549999997&ykoord=1249131.8900000001&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str32&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Albulastrasse</a> goes from Mürtschenstrasse to Luggwegstrasse. It is named after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albula_Pass">Albula pass</a> in Graubünden.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A narrow road with an almost as large sidewalk, with a 8-story building and a small adjoined parking lot on the left, a higher rise building in the background, and trees in front of buildings on the right." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp4588.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A narrow alley between a 8-story building and a 6-story building, both with numerous rectangular windows, letting see through residential buildings and a couple of trees." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp4590.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A ~20-story building, seen from the street, with regular columns of windows, most of them with stores down. There's blue, cloudy sky behind the building." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp4592.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="Reflections of a high-rise building on a glass-covered building. There is some greenery in front of the building and a large tree on the right." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp4601.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Altstetten.html">Altstetten</a></span></p>Albisstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-09-26:/albisstrasse.html2023-09-26T19:21:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=8000&xkoord=2682598.13&ykoord=1243361.555&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str31&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Albisstrasse</a> goes from Seestrasse and enters Adliswil. It is named after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albis">Albis</a> chain, of which the Uetliberg is a part.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A curve in a 2-way street with 3-4-storey buildings on each side, and two tram tracks in the middle. The street is going down." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp6094.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A four-storey building at a street angle with shops on the ground floor (a bonsai florist and a fitness studio) and two small tower-like structures on the side, with bay windows and spires." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp6095.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A brick-red church with a round bell tower" src="/pics/2023/09/imgp6099.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Franziskus_(Z%C3%BCrich-Wollishofen)">St. Franziskuskirche</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisstrasse_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="Blue street signs for Albisstrasse and Tannenrauchstrasse, mounted on a grey pole" src="/pics/2023/09/imgp6101.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisstrasse_05.jpg"><picture><img alt="A square bell tower with a clock face and visible bells, seen between a tree and a building" src="/pics/2023/09/imgp6103.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neue_Kirche_Wollishofen">Kirche Auf der Egg / Neue Kirche Wollishofen</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisstrasse_06.jpg"><picture><img alt="A two-way street with 3-4-storey buildings on each side, tram tracks in the middle, and a brick-red church tower in the background." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp6106.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A street with 4-5-storey buildings on each side, an Avia petrol station, and a tram number 7 in the middle of the street" src="/pics/2023/09/imgp6112.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Wollishofen.html">Wollishofen</a>, <a href="/church.html">church</a></span></p>Albisriederwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-09-25:/albisriederweg.html2023-09-25T21:01:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2678324.2&ykoord=1247326.695&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str30&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Albisriederweg</a> is a pedestrian path that starts and end on different points of <a href="./albisriederstrasse.html">Albisriederstrasse</a>. It is named after Albisrieden (which was an independent municipality before its integration in 1934).
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisriederweg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A wooden path sign indicating Albisriederweg with some forest in the background" src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5833.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Wooden street sign
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisriederweg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A pedestrian road in the middle of a forest, with the sun shining through the trees on the left and making a few lens flares on the picture" src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5847.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisriederweg_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A few of trees in the fore/middle grounds, and the city of Zürich with a small hill in the background showing through a large hole in the trees. One mainly sees a few high rises in the midst of general urban landscape." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5862.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>View over Zürich from Albisriederweg, with the Züriberg in the background.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisriederweg_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="Two trees next to each other detaching in front of a cloudless blue sky, with a few lower trees below them. The trunks of the trees are covered in foliage, which is particularly lively on the right tree." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5873.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>A couple of pretty trees because why not
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisriederweg_05.jpg"><picture><img alt="" src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5879.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Technical building of the water supply department (spring water filtering)
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisriederweg_06.jpg"><picture><img alt="A wooden bench with a tiny path going up to it, in front of a forest" src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5887.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>I stopped there to read for half an hour, it was very nice!
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moss_on_a_bench.jpg"><picture><img alt="A close-up picture of green moss on the wooden planks of a bench" src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5894.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>and it had pretty moss
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisriederweg_08.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small stream between grass and moss, arriving into a pool of transparent water." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5896.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The stream arrives in a larger pool</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Albisrieden.html">Albisrieden</a>, <a href="/forest.html">forest</a>, <a href="/river.html">river</a>, <a href="/tree.html">tree</a></span></p>Albisriederstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-09-24:/albisriederstrasse.html2023-09-24T21:16:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=16000&xkoord=2678733.8220032076&ykoord=1247224.6458081119&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str29&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Albisriederstrasse</a> goes from <a href="./albisriederplatz.html">Albisriederplatz</a> to Birmensdorferstrasse. It is the old road to Albisrieden (which was an independent municipality before its integration in 1934). And the naming is also pretty similar to Albisriederplatz! It's also a street I got to visit multiple times, because it's a long one (hence the relative abundance of pictures!)
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisriederstrasse_(2023"><picture><img alt="A road with a tram line in the middle and car lines on each side. There are trees on the sidewalks and 3-4-storey buildings behind the trees." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5682.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisriederstrasse_(2023"><picture><img alt="A road with a tram line in the middle and car lines on each side. There are 3-4 storey-buildings on each side of the road; a bike path is marked on the right side of the street. There's an orange traffic light on the right." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5688.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisriederstrasse_(2023"><picture><img alt="A white and blue tram on a street that has two lines on the left of it and one line on the right. Multiple buildings and a tram stop are visible, as well as the Uetliberg in the background." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5698.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Multicolor_zinnia_angustifolia.jpg"><picture><img alt="A carpet of green leaves with abundant red, yellow and orange flowers." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5701.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>A flower bed of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinnia_angustifolia">narrowleaf zinnia</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisriederstrasse_(2023"><picture><img alt="A bronze statue of a child denying the sitting dog in front of them the cookie they have in hand." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5705.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27229956">"Mädchen mit Hund" (Adolf Ernst Hofmann)</a> statue in the park on the corner of Albisriederstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisriederstrasse_(2023"><picture><img alt="A road with a tram line in the middle and car lines on each side. There are trees on the sidewalks and 3-4-storey buildings behind the trees. A city bs is also visible in the far side of the road." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5708.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisriederstrasse_(2023"><picture><img alt="A pedestrian path separated from the street by some grass, trees and poles. On the right of the picture, a very long stone wall that vanishes to infinity." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5713.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Along the wall of Friedhof Sihlfeld
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisriederstrasse_(2023"><picture><img alt="A perpendicular service road on Albisriederstrasse that serves 4 buildings on each side of the street. The campanile of Andreaskirche is visible at the end of the street." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5718.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Andreaskirche, seen from Albisriederstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisriederstrasse_(2023"><picture><img alt="A road with a tram line in the middle and car lines on each side. There are trees on the sidewalks and 3-4-storey buildings behind the trees. A bus stop and a tram stop are visible on the picture, with a tram stopped at the tram stop." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5819.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Albisriederstrasse, starting from Albisriederplatz
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisriederstrasse_(2023"><picture><img alt="A curved road with a lot of lampposts in a wooded area." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5831.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Albisriederstrasse, on the Birmensdorferstrasse side of it</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Albisrieden.html">Albisrieden</a>, <a href="/Aussersihl.html">Aussersihl</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a>, <a href="/park.html">park</a>, <a href="/sculpture.html">sculpture</a></span></p>Albisriederplatztag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-09-23:/albisriederplatz.html2023-09-23T19:51:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2680932.731246951&ykoord=1248048.373754512&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str28&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Albisriederplatz</a> is the square/traffic junction between <a href="./abisriederstrasse.html">Abisriederstrasse</a>, Hardstrasse, Hardaustrasse and Badenerstrasse. Its name comes from "Rieden unter dem Albis" - Rieden is a name that refers to a cleared forest or planted pasture land, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albis">Albis</a> for the local hill chain (including the Uetliberg).
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisriederplatz_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A large tram stop in the middle of a town square. Behind the tram stop, two blocks of buildings, one with bay windows and balconies, another one more plain, and a street going away from the square. On the foreground, a yellow zebra crossing leading to the tram stop." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5823.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisriederplatz_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Curve on a town square with, on the left, a tram stop with the tram 2 sign visible; on the right a salmon building with octogonal bay windows on the corner of the street. In the foreground, a yellow zebra crossing crossing the street." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5827.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisriederplatz_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A tram stop at a traffic intersection/square with multiple rail tracks. The background shows two streets arriving on the square. The tram stop shows signs for lines 2 and 3; the one on the left side has three wooden benches and a ticket distributor. The one on the right has a food distributor in the shape of a chalet." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5829.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Aussersihl.html">Aussersihl</a>, <a href="/Wiedikon.html">Wiedikon</a></span></p>Albisgütliwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-09-22:/albisgütliweg.html2023-09-22T06:35:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/25871230">Albisgütliweg</a> is a path that goes from Gänzilooweg to Moosgutstrasse. It is named after Albisgüetli, which is itself named after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albis">Albis</a> chain (of which the Uetliberg is a part).
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisg%C3%BCtliweg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A large green field of grass, with the city in the background. On the left, a mall and its multiple-storey parking lot; a high-raised highway is also visible above a tree line. The further background is hilly." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5080.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Panorama from Albisgütliweg
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Conifer_tip.jpg"><picture><img alt="The top of a conifer tree, in front on a larger conifer plantation." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5095.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Tip of a conifer
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisg%C3%BCtliweg_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A large 10-storey building, with windows all around, and some coniferous trees in front of it." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5101.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Credit Suisse building
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisg%C3%BCtliweg_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="A large amount of coniferous trees at various stages of growth." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5105.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Conifer trees plantation near Albisgütliweg
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A gravel path with a woody area on the left and a coniferous tree plantation on the right." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5107.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisg%C3%BCtliweg_06.jpg"><picture><img alt="A gravel path intersection in a forest, with a wooden bench." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5114.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Intersection of Albisgütliweg with a forest path
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albisg%C3%BCtliweg_07.jpg"><picture><img alt="A grey administrative building with a small roofed area with cars waiting for inspection." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5117.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Zürich Strassenverkehrsamt (motor vehicle administration), seen from Albisgütliweg</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Wiedikon.html">Wiedikon</a>, <a href="/forest.html">forest</a></span></p>Albin-Zollinger-Platztag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-09-21:/albin-zollinger-platz.html2023-09-21T06:42:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/41843474">Albin-Zollinger-Platz</a> is a square between Allenmoosstrasse and Berninastrasse. It is named after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albin_Zollinger">Albin Zollinger</a>, a Swiss author and teacher.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albin-Zollinger-Platz_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A white on blue street sign attached to a pole, with trees in the background. The sign reads "Albin-Zollinger-Platz (1895-1941) - Schriftsteller ("Pfannenstiel"). Von 1922 bis zu seinem Tod als Lehrer in Oerlikon tätig"." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5773.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Street sign for Albin-Zollinger-Platz. The German text translates as "Albin-Zollinger-Platz (1895-1941) - Author ("Pfannenstiel"). Employed as a teacher in Oerlikon from 1922 to his death."
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albin-Zollinger-Platz_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small town square with a large silver maple tree dominating it, some posts to separate the square from the street in front of it, and a couple of benches in the background." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5774.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_saccharinum">Silver maple tree</a> on Albin-Zollinger-Platz
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albin-Zollinger-Platz_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A vertical, ~1.50m stone in front of a tree, reading "Dem dichter Albin Zollinger - 1895-1941 - Lehrer in Oerlikon bis zum frühen Tod"." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5778.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Memorial stone for Albin Zollinger. The German text translates as "To the poet Albin Zollinger - 1895-1941 - Teacher in Oerlikon until his premature death".
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albin-Zollinger-Platz_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small square, separated from the street by posts, where a large silver maple tree seems to hover on a memorial stone. The background shows the street behind the square." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5780.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Silver maple tree on Albin-Zollinger-Platz</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Oerlikon.html">Oerlikon</a>, <a href="/tree.html">tree</a></span></p>Albertstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-09-20:/albertstrasse.html2023-09-20T17:35:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/25964048">Albertstrasse</a> goes from Röntgenstrasse to Ottostrasse. It is named after the first name Albert, which is a theme in the neighborhood.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albertstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue street sign with Albertstrasse written in white, riveted to a stone wall next to a gutter and below four ranks of orange bricks." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5807-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Albertstrasse street sign
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albertstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A group of three 5-storeys orange buildings with light green shutters at all windows, some of them open, some of them closed. The two buildings on the right also have balconies with green awnings." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5808.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albertstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A wooden and glass door with, above it, a stone bas-relief representing a sitting person that looks bored or asleep while reading a book. There are metallic mailboxes on the left of the door." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5810.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>One of the doors of the buildings above - they all have different bas-reliefs.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albertstrasse_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="A group of three adjacent 5-storey dark red buildings with pale green blinds, on a street with cars parked on each side." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5812.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albertstrasse_05.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street with cars parked on blue parking spots on both sides of the street. There are 5-storey buildings of different shades of orange/red/peach on both sides of the street and at the street intersection in the background." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5816.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Industriequartier.html">Industriequartier</a></span></p>Albert-Steiner-Gartentag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-09-19:/albert-steiner-garten.html2023-09-19T19:20:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2680859.2249999996&ykoord=1251428.665&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str2457&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Albert-Steiner-Garten</a> is a square/park on the Hönggerberg campus of ETH, situated between John-von-Neumann-Weg, Otto-Stern-Weg and Marie-Baum-Weg. It is named after <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Heinrich_Steiner">Albert Heinrich Steiner</a>, who was an architect, city planner in Zürich, and architecture professor at ETH Zürich.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albert-Steiner-Garten_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A large shallow green-brown water surface in a park, with a few stone steps and some plants in the foreground, a green lawn behind it, a white building reflecting in the water, and a crane in the background." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5735.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albert-Steiner-Garten_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A pool of water with buildings and trees reflecting into it" src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5737.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albert-Steiner-Garten_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A green lawn with some trees and white buildings in the background" src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5739.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Höngg.html">Höngg</a>, <a href="/park.html">park</a></span></p>Albert-Schneider-Wegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-09-18:/albert-schneider-weg.html2023-09-18T18:31:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=2000&xkoord=2679791.27&ykoord=1247697.825&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str24&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Albert-Schneider-Weg</a> goes from Letzigraben to Ginsterstrasse. It is named after <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Schneider_(Rechtswissenschaftler)">Albert Schneider</a>, who was, among others, law professor at University Zürich, president of the Zürich canton council, and member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweizerisches_Idiotikon">Swiss Idiotikon</a> commission.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albert-Schneider-Weg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue street sign on a pole, indicating Albert-Schneider-Weg. The pole also hosts a sign indicating that no traffic is allowed on the street. The background has a grey building and blue sky." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5664.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Street sign for Albert-Schneider-Weg
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albert-Schneider-Weg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A pedestrian alley with a 3-storey yellow building with green blinds on the left, a green hedge on the right, and a white building behind the hedge." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5666.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albert-Schneider-Weg_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A pedestrian alley with green hedges on the left side and a 3-storey yellow building with green blinds on the right side. Signs in the foreground indicate that it is forbidden to enter or park with any motorized vehicule." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5669.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hibiscus_Syriacus_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg"><picture><img alt="A trumpet-shaped pink/purple flower with light yellow stamens, seemingly popping from a fence made of tight wooden branches. There's a small bud on the right side over green leaves, and there's a firebug on the bud." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5674.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiscus_syriacus">Hibiscus Syriacus</a> (althea)</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Albisrieden.html">Albisrieden</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a></span></p>Albert-Näf-Platztag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-09-17:/albert-näf-platz.html2023-09-17T13:49:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/41843447">Albert-Näf-Platz</a> is the square at the intersection of Ohmstrasse, Schaffhauserstrasse, Querstrasse and Wallisellenstrasse. It is named after Albert Näf-Hallauer, who was a master builder and the last mayor of Oerlikon before it got incorporated into Zürich in 1934.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albert-N%C3%A4f-Platz_in_Z%C3%BCrich_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A public square with a few few-stories buildings and a blue Zürich tram arriving at a tram stop." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp4763-blog-2048-2.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Tram 14 at Albert-Näf-Platz
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albert-N%C3%A4f-Platz_in_Z%C3%BCrich_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Facade a Credit Suisse building on Albert-Näf-Platz. The sides have bay windows over the height of the building, topped with small domes. The building is criss-crossed by the tram cables that are in front of it." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp4766.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Credit Suisse building
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albert-N%C3%A4f-Platz_in_Z%C3%BCrich_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A public square with a few few-stories buildings and tram rails in the foreground." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp4768.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Albert-Näf-Platz</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Oerlikon.html">Oerlikon</a></span></p>Albert-Einstein-Strassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-09-16:/albert-einstein-strasse.html2023-09-16T11:14:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=1000&xkoord=2680401.166377183&ykoord=1251332.61735726&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str451&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Albert-Einstein-Strasse</a> goes from Emil-Klöti-Strasse and ends on a dead-end near the ETH Höngg campus. It is named after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein">Albert Einstein</a>, theoretical physicist. It's not a pedestrian-friendly area (as opposed to the Höngg campus just behind it!), so I had to make do with where I could see it safely!
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albert-Einstein-Strasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A car road street ending on a roundabout with white and red works blocks. There is trees behind the road." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5742.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The end of Albert-Einstein-Strasse, arriving on ETH Höngg Campus
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Albert-Einstein-Strasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A curved road forming a bridge above a piece of land. There are trees behind the road, and a yellow excavator on the land below the road." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5744.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Curve of Albert-Einstein-Strasse, as seen from the campus</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Höngg.html">Höngg</a></span></p>Akazienstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-09-14:/akazienstrasse.html2023-09-14T07:24:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/4498175">Akazienstrasse</a> goes from Kreuzstrasse to Reinhardstrasse. It is named after the word Akazien, which means acacia.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Akazienstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street with 4-storey buildings and cars on each side, and a 3-4-storey-building in the background." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5573-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Akazienstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A 4-storey beige/brown office building with a lot of windows and a frieze with square spirals between the 2nd and 3rd floor" src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5576.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Akazienstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street with a long building and cars parked on the left." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5578.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Riesbach.html">Riesbach</a></span></p>Ahornstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-09-13:/ahornstrasse.html2023-09-13T20:35:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=4000&xkoord=2685174.349942904&ykoord=1250970.279602894&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str21&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Ahornstrasse</a> goes from Bocklerstrasse to Tulpenstrasse. It is named after the german word Ahorn, which means maple.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ahornstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A curved road, with cars parked on blue parking spots on both sides of the road. There's a high rise and a smoking industrial chimney in the background, and the sky is threatening." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5592.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Ahornstrasse, with the chimney of the Hagenholz recycling plant in the background
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ahornstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="In front of a blue-grey building, in the lawn, a large rusty metallic pane representing a maple tree, with the words Ahorn - Umbau + Renovation - 2009." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5595.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Maple leaf sign in front of a building.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ahornstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A curved road ending on a house whose second floor is made of dark wood." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5599.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>A house at the end of Ahornstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ahornstrasse_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="Two buildings - one is a white house with painting on a facade (a large blue splotch held by a wooden laundry pin), the other one is a more industrial-looking building with three pipes (one orange and two red) stuck on the facade." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5606.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Decorated buildings on Ahornstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ahornstrasse_05.jpg"><picture><img alt="A pedestrian path with trees on each side, and a building hidden by the trees on the right. The leaves are just starting to fall on the path." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5609.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Pedestrian part of Ahornstrasse</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Schwamendingen.html">Schwamendingen</a></span></p>Agnesstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-09-12:/agnesstrasse.html2023-09-12T16:41:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=16000&xkoord=2681180.228&ykoord=1248032.5835&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str20&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Agnesstrasse</a> goes from Martastrasse to Hardstrasse. It is named after the first name Agnes; this is the street naming scheme of this area.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Agnesstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street with 5-storey buildings and cars parked in the street. There's a more visible pink building with red blinds, and the background shows higher-rise buildings." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5262.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Agnesstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="5-storey buildings in various shades of browns with metallic balconies, tiled roofs and dormer windows." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5264.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Agnesstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street with 5-storey buildings and cars parked in the street." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5267.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Aussersihl.html">Aussersihl</a></span></p>Agnes-Robmann-Wegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-09-11:/agnes-robmann-weg.html2023-09-11T20:20:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/15218327#map=17/47.36370/8.51282">Agnes-Robmann-Weg</a> goes from Binzstrasse to Friesenbergstrasse; it is a pedestrian path that follows the S10 train line between Binz and Friesenberg. It is named after <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Robmann">Agnes Robmann</a>, who was a women's rights activist and president of the Zürich woman worker union.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Agnes-Robmann-Weg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A pedestrian path on the left, separated from a train track on the right by a metallic fence. There are trees on the left of the path, and a grey building on the right of the train tracks." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5519.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Agnes-Robmann-Weg along the S10 tracks in Zürich
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Agnes-Robmann-Weg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Two train tracks crossed perpendicularly by a road. There are open barriers on each side of the tracks and a light signal indicating when a train is incoming." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5521.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Level crossing for the S10 track
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Agnes-Robmann-Weg_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A power installation made of a lot of cables and large coils, behind a fence, behind rail tracks." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5528.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Binz electrical substation along the S10 tracks
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A pedestrian path on the right, a fence and rail tracks, on which a red train is incoming in the background. There's an orange works fence on the left of the train track." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5531.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>S10 train in the direction of Uetliberg
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Agnes-Robmann-Weg_05.jpg"><picture><img alt="A pedestrian path with a couple of bikes on it on the right, separated from two train tracks by a metallic fence. There are two red trains on the tracks, in opposite directions: one goes to Uetliberg, the other to Zürich HB." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5539.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Two crossing S10 trains
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Agnes-Robmann-Weg_06.jpg"><picture><img alt="A pedestrian path and a railroad track, side by side with no barrier between them. On the right of the track, there's a high orange palisade with some trees in front of it." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5547.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Aaaand we don't believe in fences anymore here.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Agnes-Robmann-Weg_07.jpg"><picture><img alt="A train track, a level crossing with barriers, and the Zürich Binz train station (a single platform along the track) in the background." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5550.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Zürich Binz train station, as seen from Agnes-Robmann-Weg</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Wiedikon.html">Wiedikon</a>, <a href="/trains.html">trains</a></span></p>Agleistrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-09-06:/agleistrasse.html2023-09-06T20:14:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/31235230">Agleistrasse</a> goes from Obsthaldenstrasse to Primelstrasse. It is named after the local version of the word "Akelei", which is the word for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquilegia">columbines</a>. But the flower I photographed there was not one of these!
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Agleistrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Two blue street signs at an angle, one for Agleistrasse and one for Obsthaldenstrasse, on a grey mast in front of a tree." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5445.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Street sign between Agleistrasse and Obsthaldenstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Japanese_anemone.jpg"><picture><img alt="A light pink flower with a yellow center of yellow pistils and yellow-orange stamens around it." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5451.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Japanese anemone
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Agleistrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small residential street with individual houses and a willow in the foreground." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5454.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Agleistrasse</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Affoltern.html">Affoltern</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a></span></p>Affolternstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-09-05:/affolternstrasse.html2023-09-05T09:09:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=16000&xkoord=2682927.339&ykoord=1251792.302&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str17&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Affolternstrasse</a> goes from Schaffhauserstrasse to Kügeliloostrasse. It is named after the town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affoltern_(Z%C3%BCrich)">Affoltern</a>, which is today a district of Zürich. "Affoltern" itself comes from the old German word "Aphaltra", which means apple tree.
</p><p class="post-item">I have a few more pictures on this street because I visited it twice - in different (although adjacent) parts of the street!
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Affolternstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A two way street with a 20km/h limitation painted on the ground and on a sign, hedges on the left, brown-read buildings on the right, and high-rise buildings in the background. There's a light green construction vehicles parked on the left of the street." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp4819.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Affolternstrasse near Oerlikon train station
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Affolternstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Some light-green construction vehicles in front of an industrial building with a high brick chimney." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp4835.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Construction vehicles in front of an industrial building
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Affolternstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A long, 3-storey yellow/orange brick building on the right side of a street. Train tracks are visible behind it, and a high-rise building appears in the background." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp4837.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Buildings next to the Oerlikon train station on Affolternstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Affolternstrasse_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="A large L-shaped building with a lot of windows reflecting the blue sky, next to a smaller, older-looking building, above train tracks in Zürich Oerlikon." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp4852.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>High-rise buildings (including the <a href="https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/hbd/de/index/staedtebau/planung/entwicklungsgebiete/neu-oerlikon/projekte_geplant/franklinturm.html">Franklinturm</a>) next to the Oerlikon train station in Zürich
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Affolternstrasse_05.jpg"><picture><img alt="A long, 4-storey yellow/orange brick building on the left side of a street, with trees and a bar terrasse in front of it." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp4854.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Buildings next to the Oerlikon train station on Affolternstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Affolternstrasse_06.jpg"><picture><img alt="A row of similar-looking (but different color-painted) 3-storey houses in a residential street." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5309.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Buildings on Affolternstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Affolternstrasse_07.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street with 4-storey apartment buildings on each sides, green hedges and trees." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5340.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Affolternstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://alphabeticalzurich.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/imgp5342.jpg"><picture><img alt="The corner of a white building. The facing façade has a long plant with green leaves growing on it. The perpendicular façades shows a lot of windows. The right part of the picture shows a blue, slightly cloudy sky." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5342.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>A plant growing on a wall
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Affolternstrasse_08.jpg"><picture><img alt="A red bookcase with two shelves full of German-language books behind glass doors. A sign asks "Bitte jeweils nur 1-2 Bücher bringen" - "please only bring 1-2 books at a time". A blue sign for a local festival is also stuck to the glass." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5348.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Tiny library / public bookcase on Affolternstrasse. The sign asks to not bring more than 1-2 books at a time.</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Oerlikon.html">Oerlikon</a></span></p>Aemtlerstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-09-04:/aemtlerstrasse.html2023-09-04T10:44:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=4000&xkoord=2680969.6235105144&ykoord=1247631.5075666117&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str16&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Aemtlerstrasse</a> goes from Albisriederstrasse to Birmensdorferstrasse. It is named after Knonaueramt, which is another name for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affoltern_District">Affoltern district</a> of Kanton Zürich.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aemtlerstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A large white building with arches, round windows and rounded windows above them. An inscription on the building reads "Zwinglikirche - Chiesad Evangelica di Lingua Italiana - Waldenser". A clock on the side of the building shows 5:14." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5229.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwinglihaus_(Z%C3%BCrich)">Zwinglikirche</a> on Aemtlerstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aemtlerstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A white statue of a man holding a sword and a book, in an alcove between two windows above a fountain. The picture is taken from the street, where two motorcycles and three city bikes are parked around the fountain." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5234.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Statue of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huldrych_Zwingli">Ulrich Zwingli</a> on a wall of the Zwinglikirche
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aemtlerstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A two-way street with 4-storey buildings and a church with bright orange scaffolding in the background." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5238.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Aemtlerstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aemtlerstrasse_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="A series of facades in various colors: army green, raspberry, peach , and a grey bay window behind it." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5245.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Facades on Aemtlerstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aemtlerstrasse_05.jpg"><picture><img alt="A large cemetery gravel alley with coniferous trees and funeral monuments. The Uetliberg is visible in the background." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5251.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedhof_Sihlfeld">Friedhof Sihlfeld</a> (Sihlfeld cemetary), from Aemtlerstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aemtlerstrasse_06.jpg"><picture><img alt="A large stone entrance with columns and moulds, composed of a large arch surrounded by three smaller arches on each side. A yellow zebra leads to the left side and trolley cables are visible above the street." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5259.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Friedhof Sihlfeld entrance, from Aemtlerstrasse</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Wiedikon.html">Wiedikon</a>, <a href="/cemetary.html">cemetary</a>, <a href="/church.html">church</a>, <a href="/sculpture.html">sculpture</a></span></p>Aemmerliwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-09-03:/aemmerliweg.html2023-09-03T19:52:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/32397359#map=19/47.41395/8.57255">Aemmerliweg</a> starts in Opfikonstrasse and is a dead-end street. It is named after the word <a href="https://digital.idiotikon.ch/idtkn/id1.htm#!page/10213/mode/1up">Ämmerli</a>, which is an old word for a sour cherry.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aemmerliweg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small residential street with hedges and cars parked in driveways. The houses are not really visible from the street." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5403.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Aemmerliweg
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aemmerliweg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small residential street with hedges and individual houses. A lot of cars are parked in the driveways." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5406.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Aemmerliweg
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aemmerliweg_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A stone fountain composed of a large rectangular basin and a faucet spewing water from a small pillar on its right. The date 194x is carved on the basin (the last digit is unreadable)." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5410.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Fountain at the corner of Aemmerliweg and Opfikonstrasse</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Schwamendingen.html">Schwamendingen</a>, <a href="/fountain.html">fountain</a></span></p>Aehrenwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-09-02:/aehrenweg.html2023-09-02T13:19:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/12092017">Aehrenweg</a> goes from Goldregenweg to Holunderweg. It is named after the German word Ähre, which is the word for the grain bearing part of a cereal plant.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aehrenweg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small street with a 30 km/h speed limit painted on the road, and walls and trees on each side of the street. The perpendicular street at the end of the street is visible in the background." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5324.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Aehrenweg
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aehrenweg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A giant chess set in a park. The pieces are mostly on the board, but some of them have fallen. Trees are providing some shade over the park." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5325.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Chess set in a small park on Aehrenweg
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aehrenweg_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A giant chess set in a park. The pieces are mostly on the board, but some of them have fallen." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5334.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>The same chess set, from a different angle
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aehrenweg_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blue "Aehren-Weg" street sign on a wall, on top of a "11" blue house number plate. The wall is partly hidden by greenery and the right third of the image is filled with trees." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5337.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Aehrenweg street plate - complete with hyphen!</figcaption></figure>Surprise airshow!tag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-09-02:/surprise-airshow.html2023-09-02T09:09:00+00:00<p class="post-item">I was taking pictures in Oerlikon yesterday, and there was an air show for the airport's 75th anniversary. I had forgotten about it and, while I was in a pretty good place at the right time, I probably didn't have an optimal camera lens with me for that. But still, I got a couple of shots - so y'all get a bonus post with airplanes :D
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://alphabeticalzurich.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/imgp5315-fullres-2.jpg"><picture><img alt="Four red jet airplanes flying in formation in the blue sky above a red building." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5315-fullres-2.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Patrouille Suisse in Oerlikon
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://alphabeticalzurich.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/imgp5319-fullres-2.jpg"><picture><img alt="Four jet airplanes flying in formation, with a large curve of white trails behind the lead plane." src="/pics/2023/09/imgp5319-fullres-2.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Patrouille suisse</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Oerlikon.html">Oerlikon</a></span></p>Aegertenwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-09-01:/aegertenweg.html2023-09-01T05:56:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.maps.stadt-zuerich.ch/zueriplan3/Stadtplan.aspx?#route_visible=true&basemap=Basiskarte+(Geb%C3%A4udeschr%C3%A4gansicht)&map=&scale=4000&xkoord=2679020.5999525413&ykoord=1245792.8842220402&lang=&layer=&window=&selectedObject=str13&selectedLayer=&toggleScreen=1&legacyUrlState=&drawings=">Aegertenweg</a> starts at Schwedenholzweg and ends at Hohensteinstrasse. Like <a href="./aegertenstrasse.html">Aegertenstrasse</a>, it is named after the word “<a href="https://digital.idiotikon.ch/idtkn/id1.htm#!page/10129/mode/1up">Ägerte</a>“, which describes an uncultivated piece of land.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A gravel path between fairly low trees." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp5127-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Aegertenweg
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solidago_Canadensis.jpg"><picture><img alt="Herbaceous plant with many small yellow flowers. A few tiny bees or wasps are standing on the flowers." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp5133.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aegertenweg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A gravel path between fairly low trees." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp5144.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Aegertenweg</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Uetliberg.html">Uetliberg</a>, <a href="/Wiedikon.html">Wiedikon</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a>, <a href="/forest.html">forest</a></span></p>Aegertenstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-08-31:/aegertenstrasse.html2023-08-31T11:40:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/26154846">Aegertenstrasse</a> goes from Birmensdorferstrasse to Manessestrasse. It is named after the word "<a href="https://digital.idiotikon.ch/idtkn/id1.htm#!page/10129/mode/1up">Ägerte</a>", which describes an uncultivated piece of land.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aegertenstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A yellow-beige building with a round column of bay windows forming a tower on the angle of the building. The building has logos for an air conditioning company on the tower and an Italian deli on the ground floor." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp5299.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Building at the intersection of Birmendorferstrasse and Aegertenstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aegertenstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Colorful facades on a street where cars are parked." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp5301.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Aegertenstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aegertenstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A traffic mirror showing a residential street with 4-stories buildings and cars parked on the street. The photographer is visible behind their camera on the bottom of the picture; the sky is visible above the curved mirror." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp5302.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Aegertenstrasse, from a traffic mirror
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aegertenstrasse_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small park with some greenery, gravel ground and four light-green wooden benches." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp5306.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Small park on Aegertenstrasse</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Wiedikon.html">Wiedikon</a>, <a href="/mirror.html">mirror</a>, <a href="/park.html">park</a></span></p>Adolf-Lüchinger-Strassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-08-30:/adolf-lüchinger-strasse.html2023-08-30T09:32:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/15218468">Adolf-Lüchinger-Strasse</a> goes from Frauentalweg to Bachtobelstrasse. It is named after <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_L%C3%BCchinger_(Politiker)">Adolf Lüchinger</a>, who was Stadtpräsident (city president / mayor) of Zürich between 1944 and 1949.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A large tree in front of a building, with leaves mostly green but with some tint of yellow. There's a red and white works barrier that leads to it." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp5055.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>A tree on Adolf-Lüchinger-Strasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A row of yellow houses with green blinds in a curved street. On the left, there's a yellow mailbox; on the right, recycling containers." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp5058.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Adolf-Lüchinger-Strasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href=""><picture><img alt="A residential street next to a small square. There are glass recycling bins on the left of the street." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp5062.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Adolf-Lüchinger-Strasse, from the small square in the middle of it</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Wiedikon.html">Wiedikon</a>, <a href="/tree.html">tree</a></span></p>Adlisbergstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-08-29:/adlisbergstrasse.html2023-08-29T06:25:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/551062611#map=16/47.3748/8.5834">Adlisbergstrasse</a> goes from Tobelhofstrasse to Dreiwiesenstrasse. It is named after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adlisberg">Adlisberg</a>, which is the name of the peak it goes to.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Adlisbergstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A two-way car road in the forest with a gravel hiking path on the left side." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4977.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Adlisbergstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://alphabeticalzurich.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/imgp4986.jpg"><picture><img alt="Top of a tree stump, covered in moss, with a bit of grass and the very beginning (sprig and two leaves) of a small tree." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4986.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>A tree stump where life... finds a way.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wayfarer_tree_fruits.jpg"><picture><img alt="Small berries at different levels of ripeness from light red to black, on a branch in the forest." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp5001-enhanced-nr.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Wayfarer tree fruits
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Adlisbergstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A curved street between trees. On the left side, a hedge and some empty parking spots. On the right side, the building of a daycare. In the background, trees and a cloudy sky." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp5007.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Adlisbergstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Adlisbergstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow street with, on the left, a green/turquoise building with small high windows and, on the right, trees." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp5010.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Adlisbergstrasse, next to the <a href="https://www.zuerich.com/en/visit/sport/dolder-outdoor-pool">Dolder bad</a></figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Hottingen.html">Hottingen</a>, <a href="/forest.html">forest</a></span></p>Adlisbergbachwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-08-28:/adlisbergbachweg.html2023-08-28T06:44:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/54446773">Adlisbergbachweg</a> goes from Tobelhofstrasse to Köhlerstrasse. It is named after the Adlisbergbach, which is a stream that flows on the Adlisberg, the mountain on which the path is.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Adlisbergbachweg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A gravel path in a forest of deciduous trees." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp5036.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Adlisbergbachweg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A gravel path in a forest of deciduous trees." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp5040.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Adlisbergbachweg_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A gravel path in a forest of deciduous trees." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp5045.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Adlisbergbachweg_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="A gravel path in a forest of deciduous trees. On the left, there is a wooden sign indicating Adlisbergbachweg, and a few trees have red paint marks. On the right, a sign indicates that the path is forbidden to all motor vehicles." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp5051.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Hottingen.html">Hottingen</a>, <a href="/forest.html">forest</a></span></p>Ackerstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-08-27:/ackerstrasse.html2023-08-27T13:12:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/44794879">Ackerstrasse</a> goes from Zollstrasse to Sihlquai. It is named after the common name "Acker", which means "field" in German, from the previous usage of this area.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ackerstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Church tower and building, viewed from the side. The church is built with beige stone and has windows with round tops. The tip of the church tower is barely visible due to the perspective and is made of green copper." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4947.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johanneskirche_(Z%C3%BCrich-Industriequartier)">Johanneskirche</a>, seen from Ackerstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ackerstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A two way city street with 4-5-stories buildings. A car is stopped at a red light." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4950.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Ackerstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ackerstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="Church tower with a copper green spire, a blue and gold clock on each side showing half past twelve, and round-topped windows. The church tower is framed by a curved street lamp on the left and trees on the right." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4952.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Church tower of Johanneskirche, seen from Ackerstrasse in Zürich
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ackerstrasse_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="A street with trees and parked cars (including a bright yellow van) on the left, a red and a white building on the right (as well as more parked cars and motorbikes), and a lot of trees in the background after the end of the street. A car is turning on the street towards the photographer." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4961.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Ackerstrasse</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Industriequartier.html">Industriequartier</a>, <a href="/church.html">church</a></span></p>Ackersteinstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-08-26:/ackersteinstrasse.html2023-08-26T13:23:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/576672710">Ackersteinstrasse</a> goes from Im Sydelfädeli to Limmattalstrasse. It is named after a house from the neighborhood, known as "Roter Ackerstein", which is the oldest identifiable estate in the Höngg neighborhood: it was built in 1674.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ackersteinstrasse_Z%C3%BCrich_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street, curving right and going downwards. The left side shows a wall and trees/shrubs, the right side has a couple of cars and buildings. There's a few more buildings in the background, by the curve of the street." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4931.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Ackersteinstrasse in Zürich
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://alphabeticalzurich.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/imgp4933.jpg"><picture><img alt="A blanch of a tree with apples on various levels of ripeness (more or less red) on it. The branch looks parallel to the wooden fence below it, giving a diagonal composition to the image." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4933.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Some apples ripening over the street
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ceratostigma_plumbaginoides_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Blue flowers coming from a mat of green leaves, growing on top of a concrete wall." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4935.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Ceratostigma plumbagonoides (hardy blue-flowered leadwort)
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ceratostigma_plumbaginoides_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A carpet of green leaves and blue flowers, some of them open, some of them decaying, over a concrete low wall." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4943.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>More Ceratostigma plumbagonoides (hardy blue-flowered leadwort)
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ackersteinstrasse_Z%C3%BCrich_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Intersection between two roads at an acute angle. The intersection is marked by a black and white circle on the road. A three-storey light-orange house building is on the corner of the intersection." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4945.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Intersection of Ackersteinstrasse with Tobeleggstrasse</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Höngg.html">Höngg</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a>, <a href="/tree.html">tree</a></span></p>Ackermannstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-08-21:/ackermannstrasse.html2023-08-21T20:03:00+00:00<p class="post-item"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/47.37720/8.56441">Ackermannstrasse</a> starts from Toblerstrasse and is a dead-end street; it connects through a small path along the St. Martin church to Krähbühlstrasse. It is named after the Ackermann family name; several members of this family were teachers in the Fluntern neighborhood.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ackermanstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A narrow curved road with hedges and trees on both sides, and a couple of buildings on each side." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4857.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Ackermannstrasse next to its ending
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ackermanstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street with a couple of large houses on the left side and a few cars parked on each side of the street. The Uetliberg mountain faintly appears in the background in the continuation of the street." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4858.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Ackermannstrasse and the view over the Uetliberg
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ackermanstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="Two identical white multi-apartment 4-storey buildings, where there are plants on all balconies." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4861.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Habitation buildings on Ackermannstrasse
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Ackermanstrasse_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="A residential street with hedges and trees on both sides, an empty blue parking spot in the foreground, and a couple of cars parked further away." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4864.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Ackermannstrasse</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Fluntern.html">Fluntern</a></span></p>Achermannwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-08-20:/achermannweg.html2023-08-20T22:04:00+00:00<p class="post-item">Achermannweg goes from Baumackerstrasse to Regensbergstrasse. It is named after Arnold Achermann (1890-1970), the first president of the Glatttal school district.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Achermannweg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small alley bordered by a meter-high block walls on each sides, a wall with graffiti on the left side and a green hedge on the right side." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4771-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Walking up Achermannweg
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Achermannweg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="An empty green park, surrounded by hedges and trees." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4774-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Park of the Baumackerschule
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Achermannweg_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="An imposing off-white building with decorative moldings above the top windows is visible between two rows of trees." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4780-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Schule Liguster building, seen from the top of Achermannweg</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Oerlikon.html">Oerlikon</a>, <a href="/park.html">park</a></span></p>Abendwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-08-19:/abendweg.html2023-08-19T14:09:00+00:00<p class="post-item">Abendweg goes from Bellariastrasse to Mutschellenstrasse. It is named after the German word for "evening", Abend.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Abendweg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small pedestrian alley, with grey blocks on the left half and dark red block steps on the right. The path goes up an turns slightly right at the end of the path in the middle of the picture. There are trees and greenery all around, and a few habitation buildings on each side." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4611.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Going up Abendweg
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://alphabeticalzurich.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/imgp4617.jpg"><picture><img alt="Plants from the hedge on Abendweg - a bunch of hedge bindweed (trumpet-shaped white flowers) and some dark green ivy leaves." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4617.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedera">Ivy</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calystegia_sepium">hedge bindweed</a>
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://alphabeticalzurich.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/imgp4623.jpg"><picture><img alt="A background of ivy leaves, on top of which sits a large spider web, sprinkled with a lot of water drops, giving the impression of a water drop veil on top of the leaves." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4623.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Water-covered spider web
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Abendweg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Looking on Abendweg in the downwards direction, a large coniferous tree covered with ivy, next to a red housing building, against the evening blue sky." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4625.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Large coniferous tree on Abendweg
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Abendweg_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small pedestrian alley, with dark red block steps on the left halfand with grey blocks on the right. The path goes down and arrives roughly at the center of the pictures. There are trees and a green hedge on the right, and a housing red building on the left of the alley." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4628.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Going down Abendweg</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Wollishofen.html">Wollishofen</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a>, <a href="/tree.html">tree</a></span></p>Abeggwegtag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-08-18:/abeggweg.html2023-08-18T08:39:00+00:00<p class="post-item">Abeggweg goes from Fürstweg to Laubiweg. It's a small residential alley, named after the <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abegg_(Familienname)">Abegg family name</a>.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Abeggweg_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="5 houses behind greenery, painted in red/orange, light yellow, white, grey and yellow. A rainbow peace flag hangs from one of the windows. There's a red crane in the background." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4605.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Houses on Abeggweg
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Abeggweg_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small residential street with a lot of trees and flowers in the gardens. Three cars are parked on blue parking spots on the right of the street. There's a couple of red cranes in the background." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4606.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>View of Abeggweg</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Wipkingen.html">Wipkingen</a></span></p>Aargauerstrassetag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-08-17:/aargauerstrasse.html2023-08-17T20:55:00+00:00<p class="post-item">Aargauerstrasse goes from Vulkanstrasse to Pfingstweidstrasse. It is named after Kanton Aargau.
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aargauerstrasse_01.jpg"><picture><img alt="Docking bay of the Zürcher Three-story building, with a bunch of truck containers on the last floor. The building has flashy green blinds on the second floor. There is a road and a couple of trees in the foreground." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4548-1.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Docking bay of the <a href="https://www.zuercher-engrosmarkt.ch/">Zürcher Engrosmarkt</a>, a large wholesale market.
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aargauerstrasse_02.jpg"><picture><img alt="Swisscom datacenter, a large industrial building, made out of a bunch of blocks, with a large antenna-looking structure on top. The sun is quite low and visible through the leaves of the tree on the left of the building." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4549.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Swisscom datacenter
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://alphabeticalzurich.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/imgp4551.jpg"><picture><img alt="Top of the Swisscom building. A ball structure is on top of pole, with a small hexagonal platform below it, and a larger polygonal structure below it. The image is framed on the left by the leaves of a neighboring tree." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4551.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Structure on top of the Swisscom datacenter
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://alphabeticalzurich.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/imgp4553.jpg"><picture><img alt="Two sculptures on a lawn: a large stone rotary phone, and a transparent smartphone with rows of colorful icons. The picture is taken through metallic grating. The building is visible in the background." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4553.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Sculptures in front of the Swisscom datacenter
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clematis_Vitalba.jpg"><picture><img alt="A bunch of small pointy white flowers with four white sepals and a lot of thinner white appendages on top, giving the impression of a fluffy flower." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4557.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clematis_vitalba">Clematis Vitalba</a>, or old man's beard
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aargauerstrasse_03.jpg"><picture><img alt="Empty tram stop, with a glass shelter, a wooden bench, and a ticket vending machine. The background has, in order, a passenger train, four high-rise buildings, and the Uetliberg." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4559.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Würzgraben tram stop, with the Uetliberg in the background
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aargauerstrasse_04.jpg"><picture><img alt="A small section of Aargauerstrasse with a ~20-story bulding, a bridge above the street, and a tram traveling on one side of the street." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4561.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption>Aargauerstrasse and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klubschule_Migros">Klubschule Migros</a> building
</figcaption></figure><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z%C3%BCrich_Aargauerstrasse_05.jpg"><picture><img alt="A 20+-story building, composed of a larger 5-story-base and a few blocks on top of it. Most windows have blinds in front of them; the others reflect the blue sky." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp4563.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klubschule_Migros">Klubschule Migros</a> building</figcaption></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Altstetten.html">Altstetten</a>, <a href="/flowers.html">flowers</a>, <a href="/trains.html">trains</a></span></p>The AlphabeticalZürich projecttag:alphabeticalzurich.ch,2023-08-17:/the-alphabeticalzürich-project.html2023-08-17T07:40:00+00:00<p class="post-item">The AlphabeticalZürich project is a pretty ambitious project: I want to take at least one picture in every street of Zürich, in alphabetical order. This was strongly inspired by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/monparisalphabetique/">@monparisalphabetique</a> (Instagram) / <a href="https://piaille.fr/@monparisalphabetique">@monparisalphabetique@piaille.fr</a> (Mastodon). If everything goes well, when this project is finished, this blog will have a bit more than 2500 posts!
</p><p class="post-item">In a bit more detail:
</p><ul class="post-item"><li> I want to capture the interesting, the whimsy, the pretty for every street of Zürich
</li><li> I do not aim for exhaustivity in every street. I may not even walk the whole street. For instance, Badenerstrasse is spanning 5km: that's a project in itself!
</li><li> I will post the relevant pictures to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/">Wikimedia Commons</a>, under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en">CC BY-SA 4.0</a> license. The links to the full resolution images will be to Commons when appropriate. All the photos of the posts of this blog are released under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en">CC BY-SA 4.0</a> license, unless said otherwise.
</li><li> I will also post the pictures on <a href="https://pixelfed.social/AZ_Zurich">Pixelfed</a>.
</li><li> I will try my best to provide good alt texts for all pictures. (I will provide alt texts for all pictures; I will try my best for them to be useful).
</li><li> I have no idea when I'm going to give up ;) It's an ambitious project, and life may happen before its end, or I may lose interest. We'll start, and see where we go from here!
</li></ul><p class="post-item">If you want more nitty-gritty details about how I'm approaching "going to places and taking pictures", there's some information here: <a href="https://blogen.pasithee.fr/2023/08/19/now-introducing-alphabeticalzurich/">Now introducing: AlphabeticalZürich</a>.
</p><p class="post-item">So, here we go, from Aargauerstrasse to Zypressenstrasse!
</p><figure class="post-item image"><a href="https://alphabeticalzurich.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/imgp7158.jpg"><picture><img alt="The center of Zürich, seen in a crystal ball. The crystal ball takes all the square picture's area, and shows, with deformed optics, the two towers of Grossmünster, the Alps very faintly in the background, and a bunch of grey/brown buildings." src="/pics/2023/08/imgp7158.jpg-400.jpg" class="post-image"></picture></a></figure><p class="post-item"><span class="catlist-label">Tags: </span><span class="catlist"><a href="/Meta.html">Meta</a></span></p>