MEHRINGPLATZ · 1894–2024

One circle, four different Berlins

Choose a year, then compare its evidence with another layer. The photographs were made from different positions and with different lenses.

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Different viewpoints
MAIN LAYER

1894 · A southern gateway

ANCHOR + AXIS
A busy 1894 view through Hallesches Tor toward Belle-Alliance-Platz, with the Peace Column at its centre

Viewpoint: looking north through Hallesches Tor. Do not align the gatehouses with the current photograph.

The viewer prevents identical year pairs.

REFERENCE LAYER

2024 · The inherited circle

ANCHOR + SCALE
Mehringplatz in 2024, with the Peace Column between the postwar inner-ring buildings

Viewpoint: from the southern side of the pedestrian square, looking north. The old gatehouses are gone.

WHAT TO COMPARE

Read the evidence, not the pixels

01 · SURVIVES

The Peace Column

The winged figure marks the centre across the oldest and newest views.

02 · DISAPPEARS

The gatehouses

The monumental southern entrance frames 1894 but does not return after the war.

03 · CHANGES

The size of the room

The postwar inner ring preserves a circle while making the public space smaller.