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Something positive for once — the Art Deco Karstadt department store in Berlin is finally to be rebuilt, after destruction in WWII

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  1. Looks immensely cool

  2. [Some more photos](https://imgur.com/a/k8qMb5B).

    [In ruins in 1945](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Fotothek_df_pk_0000128_042.jpg). Blown up the SS so that it couldn’t become a Soviet sniper tower.

    [The current situation](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Hermannplatz1_Berlin_Neukoelln.JPG). A small fragment of the original building [still remains](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Karstadt_am_Hermannplatz_%28Department_Store%29.jpg/682px-Karstadt_am_Hermannplatz_%28Department_Store%29.jpg).

    The old building was actually too big from the very beginning — I believe the new investors will be expanding the existing department store to be more in like with what it once was, but part of the building will also be apartments.

  3. I wonder who’ll pay for the construction. Karstadt has got no money and the city of Berlin has got even less.

  4. Any links or sources?

  5. That reminds me of the Battersea Power Station in London that is currently being redeveloped.

  6. Berlin is doing an amazing job in rebuilding/recreating lost architecture. I think it’s great, but I can see, however, why there is often criticism by Berliners about the financing of these projects. The Hohenzollern palace comes to mind, for example.