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Magdeburger Platz<br />

<strong>Neighborhood</strong> <strong>Management</strong><br />

Magdeburger Platz<br />

Pohlstrasse 91<br />

10785 Berl<strong>in</strong><br />

Phone: +49 (0)30-23005023<br />

Info@tiergarten-sued.de<br />

www.tiergarten-sued.de<br />

Implement<strong>in</strong>g partner: Stadtteilvere<strong>in</strong> Tiergarten e.V.<br />

The Kurfürstenstrasse marks the border to the<br />

<strong>Neighborhood</strong> <strong>Management</strong> area “Bülowstrasse<br />

/ Wohnen am Kleistpark“ <strong>in</strong> the north of<br />

Schöneberg. Next to the typical Wilhelm<strong>in</strong>ian<br />

style build<strong>in</strong>gs, the modern build<strong>in</strong>gs constructed<br />

under the 1984 International Build<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Exhibition (IBA) <strong>in</strong> Berl<strong>in</strong> north of “Lützowplatz“,<br />

are a characteristic feature of the area.<br />

The neighborhood is particularly attractive<br />

due to its proximity to the ma<strong>in</strong> bus<strong>in</strong>ess center<br />

“City West“, the “Cultural Forum” and the<br />

“Potsdamer Platz”. It is <strong>in</strong>terspersed with retail<br />

and other bus<strong>in</strong>esses and the share of residents<br />

of foreign nationality is very high. Consequentially,<br />

promot<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>tegration has been a<br />

pivotal aspect, next to improv<strong>in</strong>g liv<strong>in</strong>g and<br />

work<strong>in</strong>g conditions <strong>in</strong> the area. To tackle social<br />

issues, di�erent approaches were deve-<br />

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The <strong>Neighborhood</strong> <strong>Management</strong> area “Magdeburger Platz / Tiergarten Süd“ is situated at the south-western rim of the district “Mitte“,<br />

between the “Landwehrkanal“ <strong>in</strong> the north, the “Lützowplatz” <strong>in</strong> the west and the Flottwellstrasse with the adjo<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g premises of the former<br />

freight station “Potsdamer Güterbahnhof“ and the „Gleisdreieck“ junction <strong>in</strong> the east.<br />

loped and approximately Euro 3,400,000 released<br />

<strong>in</strong> fund<strong>in</strong>g for the neighborhood.<br />

Selection of projects carried out to date<br />

Tangible success has been achieved through<br />

liv<strong>in</strong>g environment improvement measures.<br />

The Potsdamer Strasse is the center of<br />

multiple <strong>in</strong>itiatives by tradespeople and<br />

and bus<strong>in</strong>esses that contribute substantially<br />

to strengthen<strong>in</strong>g the local economy.<br />

The <strong>in</strong>terest group “IG Potsdamer Straße e.V.”,<br />

particularly the media company network<br />

°mstreet with its <strong>in</strong>fo center “Infopo<strong>in</strong>t“ at

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