A THOUSAND DAYS IN BERLIN - Tecno-Libro

This book captures the energy and sense of wonder in early 1990s Berlin as seen by a young property professional who lived and worked in the reunified city. A Thousand Days recalls how the city's vibrant history and culture clashed with its traumatic recent past, and how Berliners dealt with the scars left by the Wall. The book is also a story of Berlin?s property industry rebuilding from scratch. The author rubs shoulders with pioneering real estate giants reconstructing the built environment of the future capital. Part One, ?inside Berlin?, includes stories of the powerful west Berlin Betonmafia, a basement full of Stasi telephone taps and a big night out at the Kempinski celebrating a deal with a Russian ?Import-Export company?. Part Two ?outside Berlin?, recalls the broken infrastructure and pollution of the former DDR, the acrid taste of asbestos dust and distinctively sweet smell of brown coal. Travelling in the ?wild East?, the author watches families ordering at a McDonald?s for the first time and crowds of onlookers admiring his old Honda Civic as if it were a Ferrari.? He describes the oddities o