Vom Brook zur Speicherstadt

Braun, Harry; Engel, Dorothée: 2010 Erfurt, Germany, Sutton, hardcover with dust jacket 120 pages. Illustrated with numerous archival photographs, drawings and historical maps. This local history study chronicles the dramatic urban transformation of Hamburg's historic Grasbrook residential district into the world's largest contiguous warehouse complex. The narrative details the rapid demolition of around one thousand residential homes and counting houses between 1883 and 1889 to pave the way for the grand opening of the iconic Speicherstadt. ISBN 9783866805903 In very good condition.