Friedrichstraße

Boldly abandoning ornament altogether, Mies made a dramatic modernist debut with his stunning competition proposal for the faceted all-glass Friedrichstraße skyscraper in 1921, followed by a taller curved version in 1922 named the Glass Skyscraper.

Both the eastern and western networks converged at Friedrichstraße main, which became a major crossing point for those (mostly Westerners) with permission to cross.