How wide was Wilhelmstrasse?

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How wide was Wilhelmstrasse?

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Post by Mannheim » 12 Oct 2015, 07:37

I'm in Berlin and while photographing the corner of Voss and Wilhelmstrasse this morning I started wondering where the building line of the New Reichschancellery/Borsig Palace was. Does anyone know if the Peking Ente Chinese Restaurant (which advertises itself as being on the site of the RK) is actually built on the original RK line? There is some pedestrian/ driveway/parking arrangement on the RK side of Wilhelmstrasse these days which, if removed, would make Wilhelmstrasse quite wide.
Kein Irrtum ist so groß, der nicht seinen Zuhörer hat.
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Post by Mannheim » 13 Oct 2015, 08:44

Don't bother responding to this: I've sorted it. The building line of The Air Ministry, if taken to Unter den Linden, shows that the blocks of "luxury" apartments facing Wilhelmstrasse have been moved back a considerable distance form the original New RK building line.
Kein Irrtum ist so groß, der nicht seinen Zuhörer hat.
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