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Index
Architectural
Centre
Babylon
Cinema
Anatomical
Theatre
The
Deserted Room
Luisenst.
Canal Gardens
Franciscan
Monastery
Künstlerheim
Luise
Lunch
Lecture Guggenh.
Ackerstr. Market Hall
Room
of Silence
Tajikistan
Tearoom
St.
Michael's Church
Nicolai
House
Mori-Ogai Memorial
Honigmond Hotels
Orphtheatre
Berlin
Teahouse
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The
only large Berlin cinema left from the 1920’s has been showing films in
the foyer since 1992, because of the dilapidated state of the main studio.
After several months of refurbishment, the Babylon had opened again in
Autumn 2000 with a small auditorium. Its large studio, which can seat 460
people, will not be ready for the 51st Berlinale in February 2001 as
planned, but a few months later in May or June. The cinema was part of the
peripheral development of Bülowplatz which took place between 1927 and
1929 under Hans Poelzig. With 1200 seats, it was counted as one of the
best cinemas with a viewing balcony in Berlin. As well as local firms,
both regional politicians and the administrative body for the preservation
of historic buildings supported the conservation of the cinema and the
whole urban planning layout of what is today Rosa Luxemburg Platz. Both
cinema and city landscape will benefit from this decision which, in this
part of Mitte, has proved to be thoughtful and in contrast to over-
polished town planning. |
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