Plaza [Berlin]
theatre building
Plaza
Built 1867 by Adolf Lohse and Hermann Cuno as train station Küstriner Bahnhof, also known as Ostbhanhof. Closed 1882. Subsequently used as a warehouse, and partly converted into apartments. - 1928-1929 converted into a variety theatre. Re-opened 1 Feb 1929 as Plaza. Since 1938, operated by the Nazi organization Kraft durch Freude. 3000 seats. Closed in Sep 1944. Destroyed by acts of war in 1945. Remains demolished in 1952. [1969-1974 the headquarters of the newspaper Neues Deutschland and a printing factory were built on the site.]