Berlin now
Subtitle: the city after the Wall
By: Peter Schneider ; translated from the German by Sophie Schlondorff
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780374254841
Subjects: Social conditions; Social life and customs; Description and travel; History
Description: A "longtime Berliner's ... exploration of the heterogeneous allure of this vibrant city. Delving beneath the obvious answers--Berlin's club scene, bolstered by the lack of a mandatory closing time; the artistic communities that thrive due to the relatively low (for now) cost of living--Schneider takes us on an insider's tour of this rapidly metamorphosing metropolis, where high-class soirees are held at construction sites and enterprising individuals often accomplish more without public funding--assembling a makeshift club on the banks of the Spree River--than Berlin's officials do"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-323).

Translated from the German.
Table of contents: title: Cinderella Berlin; title: The great awakening; title: Clash of the architects; title: Potsdamer Platz; title: Berlin Schloss versus Palace of the Republic; title: West Berlin; title: A "wessi" attempts to find Berlin's soul; title: Berlin : emergence of a new metropolis; title: City West versus Capital City (East) and vice versa; title: Love (and sex) in Berlin; title: Love in divided Berlin; title: Love after the fall of the Wall; title: Clubs; title: What happened to the Wall anyway?; title: The American sector is leaving you; title: The ghost of BER International Airport; title: The Stasi legacy; title: An "enemy of the state" becomes boss; title: The new racism; title: Vietnamese in Berlin; title: Anetta Kahane and the Amadeu Antonio Foundation; title: The new barbarism; title: Turks in Berlin; title: A mayor flouts political correctness; title: Yes, you can : the Rütli School; title: Help, the Swabians are coming!; title: A belated cemetery visit; title: The man who gave Nefertiti away; title: Jewish life in Berlin; title: Spring in Berlin.