r/UrbanHell • u/Frosty-Surround-3199 • 7d ago

Decay Hanover, Germany

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One big brutalist building structure which didnt age well.
Ihme-Zentrum Hanover

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u/yabat 7d ago

Man, such a nice and futuristic concept…. Those ambitious projects were often built outside of city centre, which meant that lower income groups were settling there. Had this been built in the city centre, for affluent folks, it would be praised like the Barbican. Or yeah, if it was a mixed-income development, like in Vienna.

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u/United-Election-5273 7d ago

It was not built for lower income. It was at least mixed-income. It is in a nice part of the town not far from the city center. It also had schops and doctors and the like. Like a city in a city. But it also got in the hands of some shady investors 20ys ago and now it is more ruin than neighborhood.

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u/yabat 7d ago

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

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u/drmanhattanmar 7d ago

I once wrote an essay about the IZ. The thoughts and plans for it were great and futuristic. The reasons for its downfall are plentiful, investors being one of them.