Scala [Berlin]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Berlin, Germany, opened 1920
alternative label: Scala
EEConde: Berlin 85
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
City: Berlin
opening date: 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
Country: Germany
Address: Martin-Luther-Straße 12-14
closure date: 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
Architekturmuseum Berlin Inventory Number: TBS 036
Postal Code: 10777
city section: Tempelhof-Schöneberg
Importance: Local importance
Preservation state: extinct building
structure replaced by: Scala [Berlin]
Wikidata source: Q2228722
Carthalia ID: 1684
Note: Opened 1908 as Eispalast, an ice rink and entertainment venue, also used as a cinema (Eispalast-Kino). Re-opened Sep 1920 as a variety theatre named Scala. Ca. 3000 seats. The complex also contained the Casanova ballrooms. Severely damaged by bombs on 23/23 Nov 1943. From 1960 parts of the remaining building were a provisional home to the Wühlmäuse cabaret company. In the 1960s parts also used as Wiener-Rutsch'n, an Austrian-style restaurant with live entertainment. Demolished in the 1970s.
demolished: 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z