Popular Mini-Gardens in Berlin May Soon Be Paved Over
Tiny urban gardens are everywhere in Berlin and they have been for decades. But
now, the city government is threatening to level many of them to make way for
new construction. A battle is looming.
[...] Berlin's senate, the administrative body that runs the city-state, has
decided that there are too many small urban garden plots and plans to make some
reductions. Should it get its way, more than one-fifth of the city's total
space devoted to small gardens will disappear.
[...] The senate's reasons for wanting to sell the land to developers are
straightforward. Berlin is in debt -- to the tune of €60 billion ($90 billion).
Much of that black hole resulted from a massive banking scandal and ensuing
bailout in the 1990s, but the city also has high welfare expenditures and an
inefficient administration. By selling off the land housing the garden plots,
which it calls "attractive inner-city locations for residential and commercial
use," the senate is hoping to be able to bring some money into its empty
coffers.
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http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,655343,00.html#ref=nlint
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