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CENTRAL MARKET IN BERLIN, MARKTHALLEN,1894 Original Antique Wood Engraving

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A little-known but remarkable feature in Berlin's architectural history consists of the municipal market halls dating from the end of the 19th century, four of which are preserved in their original condition or are being restored. The market halls were an improvement: for the residents next to the old weekly markets they eliminated a source of smell and noise, and the customers and traders could now conduct their business out of the weather and in a more structured fashion. But the first market hall in Berlin, which opened on Schiffbauerdamm in 1867 under private ownership, was a financial failure. It had to close again after only six months. The Schuman circus moved into the building, it later became Max Reinhardt's great playhouse and was rebuilt after the Second World War as the Friedrichstadtpalast. The first municipal market hall only opened in 1886, and within the next seven years a central market hall was built on Alexanderplatz and extended by a second hall soon afterwards, and 13 market halls were built in various suburbs and numbered in chronological order with Roman numerals. The person responsible for building all the market halls was the municipal building councillor Hermann Blankenstein, and the brickfaced facades are similar in appearance, with their terracotta decorative elements which are sometimes elaborate but always restrained. Market hall VI in Ackerstrasse is the only one of the four old halls which still have the original exterior. Like all the halls it has two entrances, but whereas they were usually at the ends, here they are in the corners. Most market halls were built in a block residential context so that only two narrow facades had to be financed. Small shops were established next to the entrances, and dwellings for the shop owners were created on the first floor. All halls were built to a uniform pattern: a high central aisle lit by side windows leads into traverse side aisles with skylights. The roof is supported by cast-iron girders and steel trusses. PRINT SHOWS CUTAWAY VIEW ALONG WITH A FLOORPLAN

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