No longer 'poor but sexy?' Berlin's economic rise comes at a price


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  • Saturday, 29 Mar 2025

People walk across the Tacheles complex in Berlin, Germany, March 26, 2025. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

BERLIN (Reuters) - The Art House Tacheles used to be the epicentre of the alternative art and culture scene in Berlin, an impressive five-storey building in the heart of the capital dating back to 1908 and occupied by artists after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

But in 2012 the raves were over and the artists were kicked out when the building was sold to a New York investor and renovated to make room for apartments, offices, stores, a supermarket and a Swedish photography museum.

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