Architecture | May 24, 2008 | 1 comment

In airport's twilight, Berlin's old song

source: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/19/europe/berlin.php

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The future of Berlin's Templehof Airport hangs in the balance between possible preservation and an unknown fate if the city of Berlin decides to terminate funding for the aging icon -- a nostalgic symbol of the city's modern civic projects and metropolitan air travel. New York Times' writer Michael Kimmelman contributed this story about the questionable fate of Templehof -- site of the U.S.-led airlift to supply West Berliners in the beseiged city 60 years ago and where Orville Wright earlier demonstrated his aircraft -- in this recent reprint on the International Herald Tribune site (19 May 2008). Although Berlin city Mayor Klaus Wowereit would like to close Templehof by year's end, a city-wide referendum narrowly passed with residents wishing to spare the old facility. Whether their votes will be enough to save Templehof remains uncertain as Berlin looks to expand Schnefeld airport on the city's eastern edge and move forward with plans for a newer airport -- the Berlin-Brandenburg International. Read more details about Templehof's landmark connection to Berlin in Kimmelman's article on IHT.com
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