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Berlin | Alexanderstraße with GDR buildings

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View from the Berlin TV Tower in NE direction to an ensemble of buildings constructed around 1970 as part of the large-scale restructuring of Alexander Square according to socialist ideas. The buildings lining the Alexanderstraße (crossing the lower portion of the picture) are from left to right: tower of the Park Inn (former Interhotel Stadt Berlin, lower left foreground), Haus der Elektroindustrie, Haus des Reisens (all refurbished), and Haus der Statistik (in disuse since 2008).