Charlottengrad<\/a>” there was a lively black market trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEuropa-Center at Breitscheidplatz<\/h3>\n\n\n\n One of the most striking buildings on Tauentzien is the Europa Center and the high-rise right next to it. The building could be erected here after the Second World War, because the old development was destroyed. After many years the place was used only provisionally and the “eyesore” was a thorn in the eye of the Berliners, one wanted to show here 1961 after the division of the city the viability of the city. The investor Pepper then had the complex built according to the American model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1965, the glass and steel building complex was completed. On 80,000 m\u00b2 there was now a cinema, a hotel, an apartment building, the office tower and stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A lot has been built and changed over time. For example, I can still remember an artificial ice rink that was located in one of the courtyards. The cinema has since been converted into an electronics store, and the Wasserklops, a fountain, has been created in front of the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nArchitecturally, the Europa Center is rather less beautiful. But in its time of origin it was the eye-catcher and a visitor magnet in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you go further along Tauentzienstra\u00dfe, you pass a large silver sculpture that stands on the central reservation. I read that it was placed there in 1987 to symbolize the division of the city. Today it is definitely a great photo motif.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nKaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n Shortly before the walk along Kurf\u00fcrstendamm and Tauentzien ends, you reach the city’s most famous department store, KaDeWe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By 1905, Adolf Jandorf had already opened six department stores for basic needs in Berlin. However, he wanted to set himself apart from the other department store chains such as Tietz and Wertheim and offer goods for upscale consumer needs in a new department store. His seventh department store was to satisfy the desires of the Wilhelmine elite. In 1905, he planned the Kaufhaus des Westens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nA five-story reinforced concrete building with 24,000 m\u00b2 of sales space and a two-story entrance hall was built. 1907 celebrated the opening. The layout within the building was characterized by 120 departments with many small specialty stores. Thirteen passenger elevators had been installed for the customers and the additional offer of, for example, hairdresser and tea salon increased the attractiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1927, the Tietz department store group took over KaDeWe. With the seizure of power by the National Socialists, the Tietz family was expropriated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1943, the department store burned down almost completely. In 1950, the first two floors were rebuilt according to the old plans. Initially, the department store met the basic supply needs of the Berlin population; it was far from being a luxury department store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was not until the 1970s that the store began to offer more luxury goods again and systematically expanded its range. A parking garage with a covered passage on the third floor attracted motorists to shop. I can even remember childcare, which was a novelty at the time to improve the shopping experience for parents. I, too, was cared for there and enjoyed playing and coloring. This concept was discontinued in 2012 for cost reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFor a time, with the opening of the Berlin Wall, up to 200,000 GDR citizens came to KaDeWe every day to marvel at what was on offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the meantime, the owners of KaDeWe have changed several times. It has been rebuilt, renovated and restructured to offer the public ever new shopping and consumer experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You either like KaDeWe or you don’t. In any case, it still attracts its customer base and for many Berliners shopping in the grocery store floor with its rich offer was and is something special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For me, my walk along Kurf\u00fcrstendamm and Tauentzienstra\u00dfe ends here. There is much to see and I have certainly overlooked one or the other interesting place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Let’s go for a stroll on the Ku’damm! Come with us on a walk along Kurf\u00fcrstendamm via Tauentzinstra\u00dfe to the subway station Wittenbergplatz. Come with us to the City-West!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[33],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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