Alfred-Escher-Strasse

Alfred-Escher-Strasse goes from Bleicherweg to Mythenquai. It is named after Alfred Escher, statesman and business leader, and one of the founders of the Gotthard railway, and what are today known as Credit Suisse and Swiss Life.

Alfred-Escher-Strasse street sign in Zürich: a blue street name sign on a wall.

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".

Building at the angle of Alfred-Escher-Strasse and Bodmerstrasse in Zürich. 5-story stone building with angled bay window and roof dormer windows.

At the angle of Alfred-Escher-Strasse and Bodmerstrasse

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.

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.

At the angle of Alfred-Escher-Strasse and Gotthardstrasse

A two-way, four-lane avenue with an island of plane trees in the middle of it.

Abstract bronze sculpture; intertwined bronze loops.

Sculpture "Ohne Titel(<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27229994>)" by Max Kestenholz

A building made of glass waves, on which the sun reflects multiple times over an arc in the top left corner of the building.

Reflections on one of the Swiss Re buildings

A stone building with high windows; another more modern glass building is visible on the left side.

Swiss Re building

Red cranes forming a triangle in front of the blue sky

The cranes, they are triangulating!

A building with a curvy top and white and green tiles on the facade, and an Old Inn sign above the ground floor.

Tags: Enge, crane, sculpture