Residential building Grunewaldstraße 87, Heritage residential building in Schöneberg, Germany

The residential building at Grunewaldstraße 87 is a five-story Gründerzeit house with two bay windows and an ornate brick-and-stucco facade facing the street. Behind it are three rear courtyard buildings, a garden house, and a side wing.

The house was designed between 1887 and 1888 by architect Nikolaus Becker as a rental building for stonemason H. Richter. Its construction occurred during Berlin's period of rapid urban expansion in the late 19th century.

The building displays typical features of late 19th century Berlin with its ornately decorated street-facing facade of brick and stucco. Such richly embellished residential houses still shape the character of Berlin's neighborhoods from this era.

The building is located in the Tempelhof-Schöneberg district and is easily accessible by public transportation. Its walkable proximity to other residential areas makes it possible to explore the architecture of this neighborhood on foot.

Since 1988 a car repair workshop has operated in the rear courtyard of the complex, behind the street building and its side wing. The address also drew attention in 2014 and 2015, when over 200 police call-outs were recorded around the house between November 2014 and May 2015.