Objekt 2201
Space and free spaces – Alte Stadtgärtnerei
Description
With 37 km² Basel City covers the smallest area of all Swiss cantons.
With around 5,400 inhabitants per square kilometre, Basel City is Switzerland’s most densely populated canton.
In the Matthäus district 27,000 people inhabit one square kilometre, while in Bruderholz the same figure is 3,500 persons.
87% of Basel City area is built up. The remaining 13% are made up of forest, farming land and the River Rhine.
Traffic takes up 24% of the surface area of Basel City.
Floorspace consumed per head in the Basel City Canton averages 41 m², lower than the average in all of Switzerland of 45 m². In Hongkong it is around 15m².
In summer the Rhine with its banks is the most important leisure time venue for youngsters.
The city has around 60 public playgrounds and was awarded the label ‘child-friendly community’ by UNICEF in 2013.
Covering 0,09 km² Kannenfeld Park is the largest greenified area in the city. It was redesigned from a cemetery to a public park in 1952.
In 1962 the first youth centre in Switzerland was opened in the Summer Casino.
In Basel there are around 900 restaurants, of which 500 also offer seating outdoor. More than 70% of registered complaints of night time disturbance is due to noise from restaurants.
Object description
<h4>Rubber bullet as a reminder</h4>
<p>On 21 June 1988, the site of the former city nursery in the St. Johann neighbourhood
was cleared by police after being temporarily used by an alternative
cultural scene. Violence ensued, with the deployment of tear gas and
rubber bullets. An uninvolved schoolboy found himself in the conflict. He
picked up a piece of rubber bullet from the street, which he kept for thirty
years as a reminder. In 2018, he responded to a search request of the museum
and donated the object to the collection.</p>
<p class="adddivider">
<span>Rubber bullet</span>
<span>fired on 21.6.1988 in St. Johann district, Basel</span>
<span>manufacturer: Waffenfabrik Bern</span>
<span>Berne, 1980s</span>
<span>probably PVC</span>
<span>donated by Cedomir Aleksandric, Birsfelden</span>
<span>Inv. 2018.976.</span>
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