Memory and spectacle at Potsdamer Platz : an architectural geography of Berlin's new centre

This thesis looks at the landscape of Potsdamer Platz, a hub of commercial and leisure activity in contemporary Berlin, Germany. Once the thriving center of the city, this site was largely destroyed during World War II and, in 1961, enclosed between the two parts of the Berlin Wall. Potsdamer Platz...

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Main Author: Magruder, William Howard
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31976