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West Berlin's leaps and lapses
The Ringbahn passenger who would rather continue riding than get off at this inhospitable location precisely fulfills the notion of Innsbrucker Platz: The West Berlin construction industry spent millions of marks here to burrow out an immense traffic junction and make the city more car-friendly. Between 1971 and 1979, the decade's biggest and costliest construction site tunneled the express highway under the Platz ... by Dagmar Thorau

Tips and Links for Innsbrucker Platz
“Voices of the Free World” wafted from the RIAS broadcasting studio, “Ich bin ein Berliner” rang from the Schöneberg Rathaus – the heart of the cold-war front-line city was not on Ku’damm but here, deep in the south. Looking for traces of a lost world…: RIAS Funkhaus | Rudolf-Wilde-Park | Restaurant Saigon | Lidl Filiale | Linie 4 | Rathaus Schöneberg | Trattoria del Corso | PlatzHirsch | Kino Odeon | ...