Here is my entry for the 7 DAYS STEEMIT B&W URBAN PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST by .
Berlin - Kino International
The Kino International is a film theater at Karl-Marx-Allee at east Berlin. It is located between the Alexanderplatz und Straussberger Platz. In the DDR it was used till 1989 as premiere cinema till the fall of the Wall. Since the 21th century this building is under monument protection and a testimony of modern architecture. It's architecture is completely different from the rest of the neoclassical buildings in this area.
The DDR regime wanted to show that their architecture is just as modern as the architecture during this time in the western Part of Berlin.
There are also a few other "modern architecture" buildings in this area which I will share with you in some following posts here.
Here's the proof as requested: