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Europe's $1B Abandoned Mega-Build [video]

by omnibrain on 2/21/25, 11:34 PM with 2 comments

  • by dtagames on 2/22/25, 2:52 AM

    The West Berlin building, the subject of the video is a complete abomination inside and out. It's a flat version of the Bonaventure hotel without that building's attractive exterior.

    What's funny is that the East Berlin counterpart, built first and shown in the video, is actually a lovely example of modernism and the international style, both new at the time. So that was demolished and we get the Brutalist, abandoned thing in West Berlin instead.

  • by omnibrain on 2/21/25, 11:50 PM

    In my mind it's the most beautiful building in Germany. Change my mind. ;)

    I knew for years that this building exists, at least by name, but nothing prepared me when I visited and event at the neighboring fairground in 2018 turning a corner and suddenly see this spaceship hulking in the fog.