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5 places in the collection · Berlin
Explore the connections recorded so far. Each account keeps its sources and research notes.
At Hansa’s Meistersaal, Bowie recorded material for Low and Lodger and made “Heroes” in a room whose proximity to the Wall became part of the album’s enduring geography.
corroborated research record · reviewed 2026-09-27Actual: Berlin
Depicted: Same-city cultural geography
Detmar Owen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Location photographHauptstraße 155 was Bowie and Iggy Pop’s Schöneberg address; it is residential context, never an invitation to intrude.
corroborated research record · reviewed 2026-09-27Actual: Berlin
Depicted: Same-city cultural geography
Ansgar Koreng · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · Location photographThe open space around Potsdamer Platz once made division physically legible and now makes the speed of Berlin’s reinvention visible.
corroborated research record · reviewed 2026-09-27Actual: Berlin
Depicted: Same-city cultural geography
Photochrom Print Collection · Public domain · Location photographThe damaged Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church holds destruction and reconstruction in one frame, echoing the records’ refusal of a clean break with the past.
corroborated research record · reviewed 2026-09-27Actual: Berlin
Depicted: Same-city cultural geography
Clärchens Ballhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Location photographClärchens Ballhaus supplies a surviving social interior—music, dancing and an older Berlin continuing through political rupture.
corroborated research record · reviewed 2026-09-27Actual: Berlin
Depicted: Same-city cultural geography
