Today the small park is dominated by the Bauschänzli restaurant, claiming to be the largest beer garden outside the Munich Octoberfest.

[8] In December, the area is home to the Circus Conelli, the only event periodically held on the small island.

[11] Despite the dredging for the construction of the Seequai between 1916 and 1919, an area of approximately 2.8 hectares (7 acres) with two cultural layers was preserved around Bauschänzli.

It was the only water gate in Zürich and stood on the east bank of the Limmat where Haus Bellevue is today, opposite the Bauschänzli bastion.

The gate tower was also built as a customs station for goods that were transported on the waterway to the civilian Schifflände harbor.

Today, Bauschänzli is reached from the west bank of the Limmat, at that time the site of the Bauhaus of the city's engineer, by a web-scraped drawbridge.

[15] While the fortifications were abolished, the Bauschänzli bastion remained intact and served from 1835 to 1883 as the landing site for the first steamboats on the lake, later provided by the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG).

The Leutholdplan map of 1846 showed it as a public park with tall trees and huge pillars in its center.

In 2001/2002, in addition to the renovation and expansion of the Herter-building, new trees were planted and replenished, and the urban Plan Lumière was implemented.

[16] Bauschänzli is listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as a Class A object.