More pictures of Alexanderplatz

Alexanderplatz with railway station and Red City Hall in background. Around 1930. Copyright Landesarchiv.

 Alexanderplatz was a quintessential place in Berlin, especially in the eastern part of the city. There are books and films named after this square. 

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Around 1932. Source: Landesarchiv Berlin

Taken from Georgenkirche around 1930. From Landesarchiv Berlin

Above: also from Georgenkirche, around 1930. Notice all the buildings: the Rotes Rathaus, the Cathedral among others. Source: Die Mauer/The Wall

About 1932, from the book "Berlin - Einst und Jetzt", 1934. Editor: Berliner Sparkasse.

Postcard around 1930. Source: Die Mauer/The Wall

Pic above shows the square seen from our days' World Time Clock. Not much has changed here, except the Tietz Department Store which no longer exists.

 

The Central Market in 1939

Position of the Central Market, in red letters

The restaurant Gross-Berlin in the pic above from 1932 was located in the building of the Grand Hotel am Alexanderplatz, corner of Alexanderstrasse and Neue Königstrasse. Source: Fred Richter: "Die Weltstadt im Licht, Berliner Fotografien von Martin Höhlig aus den Jahren 1925 bis 1932"