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Photos: Architecture of East Germany, founded on Oct. 7, 1949

Postcard, circa 1968. (Credit: <a href="http://bit.ly/15RIBQ1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Philipp Messner, aka isotype75;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Philipp Messner, aka isotype75</a>, Flickr) <br><br><b><a href="http://yhoo.it/15RNHM5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.</a></b>
1989 parade in Berlin. (Credit: <a href="http://bit.ly/15RIxQk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:phillygdr;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">phillygdr</a>, Flickr)<br><br><b><a href="http://yhoo.it/15RNHM5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.</a></b>
An abandoned Soviet base in East Germany. (Credit: <a href="http://bit.ly/15RIB2C" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Dario-Jacopo Laganà, aka Norte_it;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Dario-Jacopo Laganà, aka Norte_it</a>)<br><br><b><a href="http://yhoo.it/15RNHM5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.</a></b>
Karl-Marx-Allee, the showcase boulevard in the former socialist showcase city of East Berlin. (Photo credit: <a href="http://bit.ly/15RORHx" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Andreas Alexander Bohlender;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Andreas Alexander Bohlender</a>, Flickr)<br><br><b><a href="http://yhoo.it/15RNHM5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.</a></b>
Karl-Marx-Allee, the showcase boulevard in the former socialist showcase city of East Berlin. (Photo credit: <a href="http://bit.ly/15ROAnU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Jean-Pierre Dalbéra;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Jean-Pierre Dalbéra</a>, Flickr)<br><br><b><a href="http://yhoo.it/15RNHM5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.</a></b>
Karl-Marx-Allee, the showcase boulevard in the former socialist showcase city of East Berlin. (Photo credit: <a href="http://bit.ly/15ROAnU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Jean-Pierre Dalbéra;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Jean-Pierre Dalbéra</a>, Flickr)<br><br><b><a href="http://yhoo.it/15RNHM5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.</a></b>
Karl-Marx-Allee, the showcase boulevard in the former socialist showcase city of East Berlin. (Photo credit: <a href="http://bit.ly/15ROAnU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Jean-Pierre Dalbéra;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Jean-Pierre Dalbéra</a>, Flickr)<br><br><b><a href="http://yhoo.it/15RNHM5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.</a></b>
Karl-Marx-Allee, the showcase boulevard in the former socialist showcase city of East Berlin. (Photo credit: <a href="http://bit.ly/15ROAnU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Jean-Pierre Dalbéra;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Jean-Pierre Dalbéra</a>, Flickr)<br><br><b><a href="http://yhoo.it/15RNHM5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.</a></b>
Karl-Marx-Allee, the showcase boulevard in the former socialist showcase city of East Berlin. (Photo credit: <a href="http://bit.ly/15RORHx" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Andreas Alexander Bohlender;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Andreas Alexander Bohlender</a>, Flickr)<br><br><b><a href="http://yhoo.it/15RNHM5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.</a></b>
Karl-Marx-Allee, the showcase boulevard in the former socialist showcase city of East Berlin. (Photo credit: <a href="http://bit.ly/15ROAnU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Jean-Pierre Dalbéra;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Jean-Pierre Dalbéra</a>, Flickr)<br><br><b><a href="http://yhoo.it/15RNHM5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.</a></b>
Karl-Marx-Allee, the showcase boulevard in the former socialist showcase city of East Berlin. (Photo credit: <a href="http://bit.ly/15RORHx" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Andreas Alexander Bohlender;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Andreas Alexander Bohlender</a>, Flickr)<br><br><b><a href="http://yhoo.it/15RNHM5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.</a></b>
Karl-Marx-Allee, the showcase boulevard in the former socialist showcase city of East Berlin. (Photo credit: <a href="http://bit.ly/GDPcC2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Roger Wollstadt;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Roger Wollstadt</a>, Flickr)<br><br><b><a href="http://yhoo.it/15RNHM5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.</a></b>
Once the socialists ran low on money, they began to build lower-cost, high-density, relatively character-less Plattenbauten apartments. (Photo credit: <a href="http://bit.ly/GDOTHh" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Thomas Brauner, aka Songkran;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Thomas Brauner, aka Songkran</a>, Flickr)<br><br><b><a href="http://yhoo.it/15RNHM5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.</a></b>
Once the socialists ran low on money, they began to build lower-cost, high-density, relatively character-less Plattenbauten apartments. (Photo credit: <a href="http://bit.ly/GDP0ma" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Nir Nussbaum;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Nir Nussbaum</a>, Flickr)<br><br><b><a href="http://yhoo.it/15RNHM5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.</a></b>
Once the socialists ran low on money, they began to build lower-cost, high-density, relatively character-less Plattenbauten apartments. (Photo credit: <a href="http://bit.ly/GDOWmH" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Jody McIntyre, aka scjody;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Jody McIntyre, aka scjody</a>, Flickr)<br><br><b><a href="http://yhoo.it/15RNHM5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.</a></b>
Once the socialists ran low on money, they began to build lower-cost, high-density, relatively character-less Plattenbauten apartments. (Photo credit: <a href="http://bit.ly/GDOSTU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Spiegelneuronen;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Spiegelneuronen</a>, Flickr)<br><br><b><a href="http://yhoo.it/15RNHM5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.</a></b>
Mural on one of the many Plattenbauten in Halle Neustadt. Intended to serve as the ideal socialist community, Halle Neustadt is now "a graffiti-covered, half-abandoned testament of the impersonality of GDR architecture," <a href="http://bit.ly/15RJzMh" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:according to Zeitguide Germany;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">according to Zeitguide Germany</a>. (Photo credit: <a href="http://bit.ly/15RMxAe" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:gynti_46;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">gynti_46</a>, Flickr)<br><br><b><a href="http://yhoo.it/15RNHM5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.</a></b>
Point high-rise in Halle Neustadt. Intended to serve as the ideal socialist community, Halle Neustadt is now "a graffiti-covered, half-abandoned testament of the impersonality of GDR architecture," <a href="http://bit.ly/15RJzMh" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:according to Zeitguide Germany;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">according to Zeitguide Germany</a>. (Photo credit: <a href="http://bit.ly/15RMxAe" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:gynti_46;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">gynti_46</a>, Flickr)<br><br><b><a href="http://yhoo.it/15RNHM5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.</a></b>
Intended to serve as the ideal socialist community, Halle Neustadt is now "a graffiti-covered, half-abandoned testament of the impersonality of GDR architecture," <a href="http://bit.ly/15RJzMh" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:according to Zeitguide Germany;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">according to Zeitguide Germany</a>. (Photo credit: <a href="http://bit.ly/15RMxAe" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:gynti_46;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">gynti_46</a>, Flickr)<br><br><b><a href="http://yhoo.it/15RNHM5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.</a></b>
Station building in Halle Neustadt before demolition. Intended to serve as the ideal socialist community, Halle Neustadt is now "a graffiti-covered, half-abandoned testament of the impersonality of GDR architecture," <a href="http://bit.ly/15RJzMh" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:according to Zeitguide Germany;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">according to Zeitguide Germany</a>. (Photo credit: <a href="http://bit.ly/15RMxAe" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:gynti_46;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">gynti_46</a>, Flickr)<br><br><b><a href="http://yhoo.it/15RNHM5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.</a></b>
A former supermarket in Halle Neustadt. Intended to serve as the ideal socialist community, Halle Neustadt is now "a graffiti-covered, half-abandoned testament of the impersonality of GDR architecture," <a href="http://bit.ly/15RJzMh" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:according to Zeitguide Germany;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">according to Zeitguide Germany</a>. (Photo credit: <a href="http://bit.ly/15RMxAe" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:gynti_46;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">gynti_46</a>, Flickr)<br><br><b><a href="http://yhoo.it/15RNHM5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about East Germany's founding and the importance of its architecture on Yahoo Homes' Spaces blog.</a></b>
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East Germany was founded on Oct. 7, 1949. Its socialist overseers were determined to assert its new direction every way possible, including its physical manifestations -- heralding an era of architecture that can still be seen today (in varying states of decay or revitalization).

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