City Spaces: Filling in Berlin's Gaps

From back cover: "Many a ruler has leaned over a model of Berlin. It must be gratifying, perhaps dizzying with power, to take the houses of entire streets off the board..." Overzealous city planners (totalitarian and democratic), bombings, blight, gentrification -- in City Spaces, Annett Gröschner examines the history of erasure and annihilation that has shaped the face of Berlin. In brief, vivid scenes she presents a prismatic view of these spaces, a wistful contemplation with historical weight.