Urban Planning in Berlin, London, Paris and Chicago 1910 and 2010

1910 #2 — Monumental City Centre Berlin p. 3
Joseph Brix / Felix Genzmer
Upgrading of Königgrätzer Street between
Anhalt Station and Potsdam Station
Contribution to the urban planning competition
for Greater Berlin 1908/1910
Like other competitors, Brix and Genzmer
proposed a north­south railway line to be
run under Berlin’s central park (Tiergarten).
With two stations close to Potsdamer Platz
there was not enough space to cope with
the number of people moving to and from
the station. This was solved by directing
commuter trains to Potsdam Station
(Potsdamer Bahnhof) and national rail to
Anhalt Station (Anhalter Bahnhof). Both
were strategically linked by a newly widened
street, which freed up space for the
expansion of the business district around
Leipziger and Potsdamer Platz.
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Brix & Genzmer
Contribution to the urban
planning competition for
Greater Berlin 1908 /1910,
perspective view of the
widened Königgrätzer
Street to become a grand
boulevard adjacent
to the station.
Painting: Otto
Günther-Naumburg
Courtesy: Architekturmuseum
der Technischen Universität
Berlin, Inv. Nr. 20132
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Brix & Genzmer
Königgrätzer Street,
location plan
Courtesy: Architekturmuseum
der Technischen Universität
Berlin
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1910 #2 — Monumental City Centre Paris p. 1
Eugène Hénard
Promenade and viewing corridor between
Champs Élysées and Invalides
Only a few of the ideas of Eugène Hénard
were ever realised. One of them was the
magnificent promenade and visual axis,
which was created for the World’s Fair in
1900. The promenade, which spanned the
River Seine, was designed to connect two
significant areas of the city, the Champs
Élysées and the Esplanade des Invalides.
The Alexander III Bridge (Pont Alexandre
III) was built specifically to form this link.
Hénard’s promenade effectuated one of
the most significant transformations in the
layout of Paris since the extensive interventions
of Georges­Eugène Haussmann
in the 19th century.
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Eugène Hénard
The new promenade
Champs Élysées –
Esplanade des Invalides,
bird’s eye view
Courtesy: Cité de l‘architecture
et du patrimoine / Archives
d‘architecture du XXe siècle
(Reproduction of unknown origin)
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Eugène Hénard
The new promenade
Champs Élysées –
Esplanade des Invalides,
plan, 1894 / 1900
Courtesy: Cité de l‘architecture
et du patrimoine / Archives
d‘architecture du XXe siècle
(Reproduction of unknown origin)
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