Friedrichstrasse is located in the Berlin districts of Mitte and Kreuzberg. It is one of the most famous streets in the historic center of Berlin and was named after the Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg. He ruled from 1688 to 1701 as Frederick III and from 1701 to 1713 as Frederick I, "King in Prussia".
Since the early 1980s, there were plans to redevelop Friedrichstrasse into an urban boulevard. A new town square was to be created (approximately at the height of the Schauspielhaus). There were also considerations to build on the small square on the corner of Unter den Linden (in front of the Hotel Unter den Linden). In 1987, the Grand Hotel opened between Unter den Linden and Behrenstrasse. In the same year, construction began on the Friedrichstadt Passages between Französische Strasse and Mohrenstrasse. After German reunification, the shells that had been built up until then were demolished in 1992 and by 1996 the three plots had been built on with the Galeries Lafayette department store (Quartier 207) and the two commercial buildings Quartier 206 and Quartier 205. At this time and afterwards, numerous spacious new commercial buildings were built in the area between Friedrichstrasse station and Leipziger Strasse. In several "quarters" of this area there are luxury shops, representative offices of well-known - especially high-priced - clothing brands and showrooms of car manufacturers such as the Volkswagen Group, Mini and Opel. The Dussmann cultural department store is also located there.
In the northern part of the street is home to the garden area of the former Tacheles art house, the Friedrichstadt-Palast and the Admiralspalast (1955-1997: Metropol-Theater). The station at the intersection of the city railway with the underground north-south S-Bahn is known as the former border station to West Berlin with the former Palace of Tears. To the south of it are the 25-storey International Trade Center (built in 1978) and the Maritim proArte Hotel, the former Interhotel Metropol.
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