On Common Ground. Upper Engadine Photographs of Spatial
Development in Suburban Regions and in the Alps Since 1945. By
Ulrich Goldrich and Meret Wandeler. Scheidegger & Spiess, 176
pp., illustrated throughout, 9½x12¾". 'On Common Ground
'presents a history of spatial development in post-war
Switzerland through 250 images. The authors draw on a vast
collection of photographs found in archives of all sorts: local
government offices, building companies, local and national
newspapers, publishers of postcards, cultural heritage societies
and amateur photographers. This carefully assembled volume looks
specifically at the town of Schlieren, which today is a suburb
of Zurich, and Upper Engadine, the world famous mountain resort
near St. Moritz in the Canton of Grisons. Tracing the rise of
the suburb, 'On Common Ground 'arranges images of each location
in more or less chronological sequence-the top of each page
shows Schlieren, while Upper Engadine is shown on the bottom,
allowing for an easy visual comparison betwee