Postwar and Modernist Frankfurt

This walk guides you through Frankfurt's bold postwar reconstruction, highlighting the striking modernist churches, functionalist halls, and mid-century facades of the city center.

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1. Flemings Selection Hotel Frankfurt-City

The Flemings Selection Hotel Frankfurt-City sits behind a glass facade that reflects the bustling Eschenheimer Tor. This building occupies the site of the former Frankfurt Stock Exchange, which stood here from eighteen seventy-nine until…

2. Kleinmarkthalle frankfurt

The Kleinmarkthalle is a long, flat concrete building with a facade of rhythmic, arched windows that faces the street. Inside, the stalls hold butchers, bakers, and produce sellers who have operated here for generations. The site served as…

3. Berliner Str. 51

The building at Berliner Strasse fifty-one features a sharp, angular corner that slices into the street intersection like the bow of a ship. This concrete structure served as the headquarters for the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper for…

4. Juniorhaus

The Juniorhaus at the corner of Kaiserstrasse features a distinctive facade covered in dark green ceramic tiles that catch the light differently than the surrounding stone buildings. Built in nineteen fifty-one, the structure served as the…

5. Schauspiel Frankfurt

The Schauspiel Frankfurt features a stark, concrete facade punctuated by a series of deep, vertical window bays. This building replaced the original nineteen-twenties theater, which was destroyed during the Allied bombing raids of nineteen…

6. Weißfrauenkirche

The Weißfrauenkirche features a distinctive, modern concrete facade and a slender, solitary bell tower that rises sharply above the surrounding buildings of the Bahnhofsviertel. Originally a thirteenth-century convent for the Carmelite…

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