The Fight for Corso with Michael von Ledebur, NZZ
Corso was supposed to close for renovation, then reopen as a cinema. Then the City changed its mind. After nearly eighty years, the landmark cinema at Bellevue would give way to a flexible event venue.
The backlash began with a petition. Then came a legal challenge and an unlikely alliance of political rivals, all trying to change the City’s plan.
Host Jeanne du Sartel speaks with NZZ journalist Michael von Ledebur about how a renovation sparked a fight over the future of Corso, and a question that reaches far beyond one cinema: who gets to decide which cultural places Zurich keeps?
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