Potsdamer Platz

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The exterior of Potsdamer Platz (public square and plaza) in the centre of the city of Berlin, Germany.

The rebirth of the historic Potsdamer Platz was Europe's biggest building project of the 1990s, a showcase of urban renewal masterminded by such top international architects as Renzo Piano and Helmut Jahn. An entire city quarter sprouted on terrain once divided by the Berlin Wall, and today it houses offices, theaters and cinemas, hotels, apartments and museums. Highlights include the glass-tented Sony Center and the Panoramapunkt observation deck.

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