Berliners Stand Mute As Past Is Ripped Down

Over the past ten years half of Berlin has been thoroughly transformed. Do Berliners have any feelings for their older buildings? If so, they “never even raised their voices when a precious building was torn down by the wrecking ball to make room for a new one. There also was no outcry, just some rather quiet outrage, when the city senate approved the demolition of Admiralspalast, the last building on Friedrichstrasse – across the street from the train station – which still recalls the 1920s, when this street was home to one of the capital’s entertainment districts.” What is the point?