ABSTRACT
Directly behind Berlin’s Ostbahnhof railway station lies a wide expanse of wasteland. The investment projects for this site, planned during the second half of the 1990s, can be found in glossy brochures under the ambitious-sounding name “Spreeraum Ost” (Eastern Spree River Area). The cranes are missing, the cityscape is falling apart, and wild growth proliferates between disused tracks. The regional and urban rail route, which divides the site, appears to lead through a lifeless prairie.
