Cities throughout the world constantly grapple with what to do with land left behind by dying industries, closed military facilities and obsolete infrastructure. They often turn to housing or commercial development just because no better idea arrives in time. Berlin was facing precisely that conundrum after one of its most historically significant sites, a large Cold War-era airport in the centre of the city, stopped running flights altogether, igniting a protracted and often contentious debate about what should replace it.
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