Kurfürstendamm during WWI
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“The street of the flâneur, that part of the Kurfürstendamm with cafes, wine bars and shops, was principally from the Gedächtniskirche [Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church] to Uhlandstrasse... Beyond Uhlandstrasse, the flâneur was turned away. There began the luxurious dwelling street of the highest snobs... even the conductors of the electric streetcars only pressed delicately on their warning-bell button, in order to disturb nobody. The shops were situated on the side streets. Not even a bold businessman would have been able to afford the rents on the Kurfürstendamm.”
From Egon Jameson, Berlin so wie es war, translated by Douglas Klahr, 2011.