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star on top became a major business centre and unofficially gave the
Breitscheidplatz the reputation of being the commercial hotspot in West Berlin. Today the building still hosts numerous department stores, pavement coffee shops and restaurants and is a popular tourist attraction. It has landmark
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Breitscheidplatz include bettering the quality for pedestrians and more public competitions for the future planning of Breitscheidplatz. In 2006, the automobile tunnel on Budapester Straße in front of the
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Breitscheidplatz, still one of Berlin's most visited places, is known by many as one of the quintessential squares of Berlin. It presents an awkward yet typical Berlin combination of the old and the new, the cultural and commercial.
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in 1956, the Bikini-Haus on the northern side finished in 1957 (named after its bare "midriff" on the second floor) and the
Schimmelpfeng-Haus built in 1960 (now demolished) on the site of the old Gloria-Palast.
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Wilhelm Memorial Church, the square contained a cluster of Berlin's premier cinemas—Ufa-Palast am Zoo, Gloria-Palast, Capitol,
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tower block, to create an attractive urban area with livable space. Other plans include renovating the bus station on
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on the site of the former
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originally planned to completely demolish the ruins, causing numerous public protests. He then designed a modern parish church and separate
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