440,181 people currently live in the city of Zurich. As many as never before, they say. But that’s not entirely true.
The fact that Zurich’s population is growing can also be seen at events such as the street food festival on the stadium wasteland on Saturday, May 28th.
At the end of 1962, more than 440,000 people lived in Zurich. These are the times of the construction boom. Houses are springing up like mushrooms. And what kind of ones: Residential buildings tower over church towers. New quarters are created. An end to growth seems unlikely. But then things change.