Karl-Marx-Allee is a monumental socialist boulevard built by the GDR between 1952 and 1960 in Berlin Friedrichshain and Mitte. Today the boulevard is named after Karl Marx. It should not be confused with the Karl-Marx-Straße in the Neukölln district of Berlin.
The western part of the boulevard is marked by panel buildings (1967)
Domed Tower at Frankfurter Tor
Façade of a Stalinist era apartment bloc
Hermann Henselmann was a German architect most famous for his buildings constructed in East Germany during the 1950s and 1960s.
Karl-Marx-Allee, towards Strausberger Platz. The TV tower at Alexanderplatz is visible in the background (the initial design concept for the tower was created by Henselmann)
Haus des Lehrers and Congress Hall, Berlin