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The reopening of Berlin's Potsdamer Platz was a key moment in the continuing reunification of Germany. Destroyed in World War 2 and a no-mans land during the Iron Curtain years, Potsdamer Platz was formerly one of the city's major cultural centres. |
| The main Phase 1 of the project, pictured here, was designed and built by Mercedes Benz at a cost of some nineteen billion marks. Far from being a monument to corporate vanity, the new development, like the original, contained a great deal of residential and retail space, with a good measure of cafes, cinemas and performance spaces alongside the offices. |
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This was quite simply the largest job on which I have ever worked. I was one of a total of twelve technicians working for Vari-lite Deutschland. Over three hundred luminaires of practically all descriptions were divided into three systems, spread across three streets and the main square. |
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| Despite the hazards posed by working on a building site which was behind schedule, the efficient nature of the production ensured that the working hours, while long, were generally not excessive. |
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