  the kurfÃ¼rstendamm, known locally as the ku'damm, is one of the most famous avenues in berlin. the street takes its name from the former kurfÃ¼rsten (prince-electors) of brandenburg. this very broad, long boulevard can be considered the champs-ÃlysÃ©es of berlin â full of shops, houses, hotels and restaurants. in particular, many fashion designers have their shops there, as well as several car manufacturers' show rooms. ==description== the avenue with four lines of plane trees runs for  through the charlottenburg-wilmersdorf borough in western berlin. it branches off from the breitscheidplatz near bahnhof zoo and the ruins of the kaiser wilhelm memorial church and leads southwestward through the charlottenburg district. at the junction with joachimstaler straÃe it passes the cafÃ© kranzler, successor of the cafÃ© des westens, a famous venue for artists and bohÃ©miens of the pre-world-war-i era. near uhlandstraÃe u-bahn station is the kempinski hotel as well as the theater am kurfÃ¼rstendamm at the site of a former exhibition hall of the berlin secession art association. at adenauerplatz the boulevard reaches the district of wilmersdorf, where it passes the schaubÃ¼hne theatre on lehniner platz. the more sober western or "upper" end of the kurfÃ¼rstendamm is marked by the berlin-halensee railway station on the ringbahn line and the junction with the bundesautobahn 100 (stadtring) at the rathenauplatz roundabout, featuring the long disputed 1987 "beton cadillacs" sculpture by wolf vostell. luxury boutiques located on the kurfÃ¼rstendamm include 7 for all mankind, aigner, bally, bogner, bottega veneta, brunello cucinelli, bvlgari, burberry, cartier, chanel, chopard, dolce & gabbana, ermenegildo zegna, escada, giorgio armani, gucci, hermÃ¨s, hublot, hugo boss, jil sander, longchamp, louis vuitton, maurice lacroix, michael kors, mulberry, philipp plein, porsche design, prada, rolex, saint laurent paris, steiff, wolford, wunderkind and valentino. ==historical notes== unlike the adjacent streets the kurfÃ¼rstendamm developed out of a historic corduroy road () laid
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