Frankfurter Allee, Collage, Klebeband auf Karton © Björn Paulissen

FRANKFURTER ALLEE

The red mile
One could say that Frankfurter Allee marks the "center" of the Ring. It may sound like a quartering of the circle, but it's the shopping center that seems to demand it. The "Ring-Center" rises up alongside the station, which cowers in its long shadow. The post-war era left its mark here with what one might call, by the look of it, coughed up cubes. But on the large street reaching east toward Frankfurt/Oder ... by Gernot Schaulinski

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Tips and Links for Frankfurter Allee
The Ringbahn here has a center, at least in name. Stalin’s Zuckerbäcker buildings, Mielke’s office, and the Schwarze Block transformed the magistral to a Red mile. Much GDR history unfurls along the road to Frankfurt Oder: Stasimuseum Normannenstraße | Sanatorium | Kaffee und Tee | Kinder- und Jugendtheater an der Parkaue | Ring-Center | f95 | Berlinomat | Humana | Kino Kosmos | Café Tasso | ...

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