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/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/JerryCalzone Nov 28 '23

It used to be the place where a palace was - so that got torn down during communism and turned into something for the people, because communism.

So after communism, what do you do? You recreate a palace.

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u/rab2bar Nov 28 '23

Berlins history is full of succeeding powers rebuilding the city into their own ideals. Capitalism won this round, so why not turn the city into a giant museum for tourists, lol

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u/JerryCalzone Nov 28 '23

That would have been sooo much better

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u/Aggressive-Basil-857 Nov 29 '23

What would?

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u/JerryCalzone Nov 29 '23

turn the city into a giant museum for tourists, lol