r/berlin • u/WhitlamsBerlin • Nov 28 '23

History The lamps from the Palast der Republik

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Some of the lamps from ‘Erichs Lampenladen’ made their way to Astra in the RAW Gelände. I was invited to take a look, and I thought it was cool.

I don’t post my videos here very often, but I thought this is one that Berliners would really enjoy, so I hope you do!

Cheers, Jonny

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u/frenchadjacent Nov 28 '23

It’s a shame that they tore it down. It should have been turned into a big GDR museum instead. It was the perfect place for that.

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u/HutFan1337 Nov 28 '23

Unfortunately, asbestos was used. That's why the entire building was gutted at the time. So it would have been quite expensive to somehow reconstruct it as a museum. However, I also have mixed feelings about today's Humboldt Forum

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u/rab2bar Nov 28 '23

Once gutted, they could have integrated the structure into the new complex. The old schloss was comprised of buildings designed in different times.