Berlin now : the city after the Wall /
A longtime Berliner's exploration of the heterogeneous allure of this vibrant city. Delving beneath the obvious answers, Berlin's club scene, bolstered by the lack of a mandatory closing time, the artistic communities that thrive due to the relatively low (for now) cost of living, Schneide...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the German. |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
[2014]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cinderella Berlin
- The great awakening
- Clash of the architects
- Potsdamer Platz
- Berlin Schloss versus Palace of the Republic
- West Berlin
- A "wessi" attempts to find Berlin's soul
- Berlin : emergence of a new metropolis
- City West versus Capital City (East) and vice versa
- Love (and sex) in Berlin
- Love in divided Berlin
- Love after the fall of the Wall
- Clubs
- What happened to the Wall anyway?
- The American sector is leaving you
- The ghost of BER International Airport
- The Stasi legacy
- An "enemy of the state" becomes boss
- The new racism
- Vietnamese in Berlin
- Anetta Kahane and the Amadeu Antonio Foundation
- The new barbarism
- Turks in Berlin
- A mayor flouts political correctness
- Yes, you can : the Rütli School
- Help, the Swabians are coming!
- A belated cemetery visit
- The man who gave Nefertiti away
- Jewish life in Berlin
- Spring in Berlin.