Building on a grand scale

The Spectator | May 20, 2000| | Copyright

Michael Tanner reports on the physical and cultural rebirth of Berlin

Berlin is, as everyone knows, the biggest building site in Europe, if not in the world. It will soon be so important and grand a place that its charmingly little and centrally located international airport, Tegel, is bound very shortly to be replaced by a maze as frightening as Frankfurt or Heathrow. Comparing my impressions of Berlin over Easter with those of my last visit, exactly two years ago, the proportion of completed buildings to those still under construction is gratifyingly large, and even the amazing Potsdamer ...

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