Plans to build Copley Place were the subject of controversy for years. Should a shopping and entertainment center be tolerated on a nearby 10-acre site within view of historic buildings? In fact, the complex with its 100 shops, among them Tiffany, Armani Exchange, Gucci etc., as well as cinemas and restaurants confirms the thesis that [...]
Where, today, Boston is at its most European, foul-smelling mud flats still existed 150 years ago and numerous mills were driven by tidal currents at the dams along the Charles River. When the population boomed during the 19th century, Boston’s municipal administration decided to fill in the eyesore with earth. The newly acquired land enlarged [...]
Once a desolate, war-ravaged 16.5-acre wasteland in the shadow of the Berlin Wall, this square has become a symbol of the new, reunified Germany. A new urban center has arisen on this, the largest building site in Berlin. The centerpiece is the complex of high-rise buildings designed by today’s star architects for multinational corporations Sony [...]
This 2.2 mile shopping boulevard and its side streets offer a colorful variety that make strolling down it a pleasure: department stores and restaurants, boutiques and cafés, luxury hotels and theatres, fascinating museums and art galleries, luxury goods and junk. Originally a bridle path leading to the hunting lodge of the Kurfürst (Elector) in Grunewald, [...]
