Karl-Marx-Allee, Monumental boulevard in Friedrichshain and Mitte, Germany.
Karl-Marx-Allee is a wide street in Friedrichshain and Mitte that extends 2.3 kilometers (1.4 miles) from Frankfurter Tor to Alexanderplatz. Eight-story residential buildings with neoclassical elements and tile decorations line both sides.
The street was built from 1952 under the name Stalinallee and conceived as a showcase project of East Germany after the war damage. Construction lasted until 1960, and later it received its current name.
Building facades carry ceramic decorations and reliefs from the early East German era, showing workers and craftspeople. Today residents from different generations live here, while cafés and shops fill the ground floors.
The street measures 89 meters (292 feet) wide and offers six traffic lanes plus wide sidewalks that invite walking. Several stations of the U5 metro line are located directly along the route and make orientation easier.
The Kino International cinema along the street still shows international films and preserves its original 1960s interior. The two towers at Frankfurter Tor and Strausberger Platz were designed by architect Hermann Henselmann and mark the endpoints.
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