Rigaer 94, Occupied building in Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany.
Rigaer 94 is a multi-story residential building at Rigaer Straße 94 in Berlin-Friedrichshain, its facade painted blue with large letters spelling "HAUS" and "LIEBIG" and red outlined letters, balconies with metal railings, and banners including one reading "I CAN'T BREATHE FIGHT BACK". A dark band of graffiti below the letters reads "DAS GANZE KUNSTWERK...", and the street-level entrance is covered with posters and graffiti, with "MEIN PUNK" on the door.
The vacant building at Rigaer Straße 94 was squatted in June 1990, like other houses in the area. After the Mainzer Straße eviction in November 1990, occupiers negotiated with the municipal housing administration and the city, leading to regular rental contracts in 1992 and the start of renovation. In 1997 the house passed to the Jewish Claims Conference; in 1999 two partners of Lila GbR bought it and announced an ecological housing block, which residents resisted.
The squat's name comes from its address, Rigaer Straße 94. Its facade carries large painted letters spelling "HAUS LIEBIG BLEIBT" and a banner reading "I CAN'T BREATHE FIGHT BACK"; the door bears the words "MEIN PUNK". The ground-floor Kadterschmiede pub was cleared by construction workers on 22 June 2016, and a Berlin court later declared that partial eviction illegal.
The house is a lived-in residential project, not a public venue, so visits are limited to the street and the facade with its painted lettering and banners. The Kadterschmiede pub on the ground floor was cleared by construction workers on 22 June 2016, and the premises were returned to residents by a bailiff on 14 July 2016 after the Berlin Regional Court declared the partial eviction illegal.
The facade carries large painted letters spelling "H A C LIEBIG A STAYS B", and a white banner reads "I CAN'T BREATHE FIGHT BACK". On the ground floor was the Kadterschmiede, a pub the house management had cleared by construction workers on 22 June 2016; a court returned the premises to residents the next day.
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