{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Urbanism"],"cover":{"alt":"Spree Parade Against Mediaspree","height":720,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/spree-parade-against-mediaspree/spree-parade-2011.jpg","width":1200},"credit":"","date":"2011-07-17T14:20:17Z","description":"This year’s Spree-Parade was a great success - About 3,000 demonstrating, dancing and raving people protested against gentrification in general and specifically Berlin’s largest property investment project Mediaspree!","html":"\u003cp\u003eYesterday, July 16th, 2011 thousands of Berliners demonstrated, danced and raved \u003ca href=\"/board-mediaspree-create-free-spaces/\"\u003eagain\u003c/a\u003e against gentrification and especially the so-called Mediaspree project in Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg! Also Urban Artcore teamed up with the crowd to protest against rising rents, luxury new buildings on former free spaces, ruthless investors and unsocial city politics\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMediaspree is one of the largest property investment projects in Berlin. It aims to establish telecommunication, media and fashion companies as well as hotels along a section of the banks of the river Spree as well as to implement an urban renewal of the surrounding area. But that’s against the will of the citizens who don’t want Berlin’s riverside becoming a luxury glass and concrete area like in London or Paris but keep at least the last available free spaces along the Spree!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor that reason an overwhelming majority voted against Mediaspree and its gentrification plannings in a referendum in 2008! But the project is still running although it’s the great beach bars, clubs and public spots which are well-known in Europe and make Berlin’s creative areas Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg that interesting\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nYesterday, July 16th, 2011 thousands of Berliners demonstrated, danced and raved [again](/board-mediaspree-create-free-spaces/) against gentrification and especially the so-called Mediaspree project in Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg! Also Urban Artcore teamed up with the crowd to protest against rising rents, luxury new buildings on former free spaces, ruthless investors and unsocial city politics...\n\nMediaspree is one of the largest property investment projects in Berlin. It aims to establish telecommunication, media and fashion companies as well as hotels along a section of the banks of the river Spree as well as to implement an urban renewal of the surrounding area. But that’s against the will of the citizens who don’t want Berlin’s riverside becoming a luxury glass and concrete area like in London or Paris but keep at least the last available free spaces along the Spree!\n\nFor that reason an overwhelming majority voted against Mediaspree and its gentrification plannings in a referendum in 2008! But the project is still running although it’s the great beach bars, clubs and public spots which are well-known in Europe and make Berlin’s creative areas Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg that interesting...\n","tags":["Berlin","Urban Planning","Urban Culture","Street Protest"],"title":"Spree Parade Against Mediaspree","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/spree-parade-against-mediaspree/"}