Flock of Cranes

The architecture in our Zug neighborhood is varied in size, usage, and age. Below is a quick walking tour of some of the buildings surrounding our apartment building.

There are the old time Swiss houses:

There are the somewhat more modern apartment buildings:

One of many office buildings:

And then, there is the skyscraper:

Our neighborhood skyscraper is attached to the Bossard Arena, where the professional ice hockey team, the EVZ play. This multi-use building houses not only the professional hockey stadium, but also:

a curling hall 

a hockey training hall

an outdoor ice-skating rink (in winter)

office space

apartment space

restaurant (the Uptown)

a daycare

- all in ONE building!

When we moved here, it shocked me that this tall of a building was located in a generally residential area. And apparently it shocks the birds, too - to death. When I am walking Smidgey past this building I usually see this:

Poor birdy!

 

Dead birds aside, we have a flock of a different species hovering above our neighborhood as well. A flock of cranes! No, not the feathered cranes, instead we have many, many construction cranes flying high:











Outside our front (kitchen) window we are watching the construction of a new Siemens office building for which up to three cranes assist (only one is shown):
 









Here is a long view of the construction going on across the street:

And here is a big ol' crane assisting in the building of a three story triplex on the tiny street behind our building:

These noisy, looming metal structures inspired my shape poem:

Here it is in regular spacing:
crane frame
truss veins
boom swings
pulley sings

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