Berlin's Still Out of Tune In Quest for New Image

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: December 9, 1997| Author: Joseph Fitchett | Copyright information


International Herald Tribune

12-09-1997

As construction thunders ahead, Berlin seems confident of having a colossal new skyline ready to welcome the German government when it arrives in two years.

But Berlin, haunted by its history, still seems deeply uncertain about how to visualize its own future as the capital of a new Germany and a major metropolis in a united Europe.

Many intellectuals and politicians oppose sweeping architectural ambitions that t...

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