The valley is to become a boulevard and Isar stairs in front of the patent office could invite people to party at night: an open space concept for Munich city center creates more space for cycling, strolling and lingering. What the city planners are proposing specifically.
Munich never became a really car-friendly city. The Viktualienmarkt did not fall victim to an expansion of the Altstadtring, nor does the Lindauer Autobahn today begin at Sendlinger Tor. But some of the sins of the 1960s, when the car was the measure of all things urban planning, can still be seen in the city center: the downgrading of Max-Joseph-Platz to the entrance to the opera garage, for example. Or the almost insurmountable traffic lane of the Oskar-von-Miller-Ring near the Markus-Kirche. Or Von-der-Tann-Straße, which separates the Englischer Garten from the Finanzgarten with a razor-sharp cut.