Bid to Save Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport Fails
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 04.28.08 | 10:57 AM ET
Not enough people voted in a referendum to save Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport yesterday, dooming the iconic airfield to closure come October. Among Tempelhof’s claims to fame: The terminal, once the biggest building in Europe, was intended to be an awesome symbol of Nazi Germany. The airport also served as the hub of the Berlin Airlift of 1948-49.
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