The House of David Bowie in Berlin, Germany

The house is nothing special, and the neighborhood even less so. Flanked by a tattoo parlor and a physiotherapy clinic, the entrance to Hauptstraße 155 is an archway made of cast cement stone—a common feature of the Gründerzeit (Wilhelminian era)—featuring a massive oak door decorated with cast-iron floral ornaments. The door lock has two keyholes set at a 90-degree angle to each other, designed for the "pass-through" keys of the early 20th century, which were intended to force the residents of these tenement blocks to lock up. The beautiful door is defaced with several hastily sprayed tags, t

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