“You have to imagine this decision to no longer allow cars to come in here: it was the main artery in Munich for traffic – and the idea of a pedestrian zone was an incredibly courageous decision, a heretical decision. Against power of the car.” The heretic Bernhard Winkler played a significant role as chief planner in the courageous decision to turn Munich’s automobile center, i.e. Kaufingerstrasse, into a pedestrian center for the 1972 Olympic Games.
Obituary for Bernhard Winkler: The “father of the Munich pedestrian zone” is dead – Munich
