The Berlin Wall is seen in 1961, the year it was built, at Potsdamer Platz, in Berlin. The East German government built the wall to seal off East Berlin from the part of the city occupied by the ...

Pre-World War II, Potsdamer Platz was Berlin's main plaza – and a bustling one, at that – but the ensuing wars left it ravaged. After the Berlin Wall fell and the Cold War ended, companies ...

In 2024, Potsdamer Platz celebrates its 30th anniversary and Jonathan Glancey reflects upon the famous postmodernist development in Berlin, seen here through the lens of photographer Rory Gardiner ...

David Bowie’s 1987 concert in West Berlin could be heard on the other side of the wall in Eastern Germany.

As Berlin has done several times in its long history, the city is rebuilding itself, at Potsdamer Platz in avant-garde shapes of glass and steel, and elsewhere in new social structures ...

The largest “3D” DOOH display in Germany has been unveiled in Berlin. The 257 sq metre LED display, which boasts more than 5.7 million pixels, has been installed on an interior facade of the Center am ...

West German children attempt to chip off a piece of the Berlin Wall as a souvenir. A portion of the Wall has already been demolished at Potsdamer Platz.

In a conference room in Berlin, around the corner from Potsdamer Platz, a German journalist called Peter Brinkmann is telling me how he helped bring down the Berlin Wall. It’s a story I’ve ...

Bowie’s Berlin: Up against the wall David Bowie’s 1987 concert in West Berlin could be heard on the other side of the Wall in Eastern Germany, triggering a police crackdown on listeners.

Then, protected by a swarm of security police, he appeared at Potsdamer Platz in a light grey suit and cream-colored straw hat to pat a Vopo on the back, gaze briefly at the sullen West Berliners ...

Potsdamer Platz—a bustling, upscale commercial center once split by the barrier, the then-barren bleakness of the westside wasteland starkly different from the polished, touristy space it is ...