ELLINGTON HOTEL BERLIN
History
This is where Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington played in the legendary "Badewanne" club, where David Bowie, Romy Haag and Lou Reed celebrated in the no less legendary "Dschungel" disco, where bygone heroes of the Ufa film studios - and later TV stars such as Günter Pfitzmann and Edith Hancke - stood on the stage of the "Berliner Theater"; the building remodelled as the Ellington Hotel has a long, distinguished tradition.
A hotel created within historical walls
The Ellington Hotel moved into a renowned address, which is also included in every Berlin architecture guide. Because the "Haus Nürnberg", as it was originally called, is decorated with one of the longest, most eye-catching and perhaps one of the most attractive façades in Berlin. The building entrances and the shop front windows have brass frames - which also contributes to the smart outer appearance of this commercial building, which was built in 1928-31 under the influence of the trailblazing buildings of the Berlin architect Erich Mendelsohn.
An architectural treasure: The charm of the late nineteen-twenties
Inside the building the entrance halls, staircases and several rooms and halls have retained the charm of the late nineteen-twenties and early thirties. A "fantastic capital attraction" is what the "Deutsche Bauhütte" magazine called the "Femina-Palast" ballroom in 1932, which it presented to German architects as the "newest entertainment venue in Berlin".
Berlin's Ballroom
The "Femina" was officially opened on 1 October 1929: "Berlin's Ballroom" is the self-assured subhead on the posters advertising a seating capacity for 2,000 people, "two enormous bars and three bands", "daily tea dance", "cover charge 2.50" and "dance attractions".
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