Ruin, Restoration, and Return: Aesthetic Unification in Post-Socialist East Berlin.
Journal: Deep Blue (University of Michigan)
Year: 2012

This dissertation addresses the transformation of specific public spaces in eastern Berlin after 1990. The underlying question of this study is: Why do some GDR-era structures still stand in post-Wall Berlin, while others were demolished? Memory, politics, symbolism, and financial considerations all play a role in answering this question. In this dissertation, I examine the political decision-making processes involved in determining the fate of particular built spaces in the German capital. In s