Former GDR police prison Keibelstraße

This former prison started it’s life in 1932 as the new building for the headquarters of the departmentstore Karstadt AG. But they already sold the whole complex in 1934 to the Reichsfinanzministerium because it was too big for them. And after some reconstruction work the Statistische Reichsamt used the building from 1935 and, in the Read More …

E-Werk

E-Werk, built as Umspannwerk Buchhändlerhof (a power substation) between 1926 and 1928 in the Berlin area Mitte located near Checkpoint Charlie.Between 1993 and 1997 E-Werk was an influential club in the techno subculture. Resident DJs Kid Paul and Paul Van Dyk had their famous “Dubmission” parties here every friday. Paul Van Dyk paid homage to Read More …