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BERLIN. Unter den Linden.
Unter den Linden, No. 1 (S. side), at the corner of the Pariser-
Platz, is the Hotel Adlon (p. 2), erected by Gause & Leibnitz in
1905-7 on the site of a palace built by Schinkel. On the right,
beyond it, diverges the Wilhelm-Strasse (p. 122), continued on the N.
by the Neue Wilhelm-Strasse (p. 161). No. 3, on the right, contains
the offices of the Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger, where the latest
telegrams and original illustrations of events of the day are ex¬
hibited. No. 4, with a sculptured frieze by Eberlein, is the office of
the Minister of Religion and Education; Nos. 5 & 6 form the
Hotel Bristol (p. 3), by Gause; No. 7 is the palace of the Russian
Embassy, erected by Knoblauch in 1840-41. On the N. side No. 75
is Schulte's Art Shop (p. 34), built in 1904-5 by Messel; No. 73 is
occupied by the Minister of the Interior; and Nos. 57-58 are the
premises of the International Railway Sleeping Car Co. (p. 2),
by Berndt (1908).
At No. 68a, on the N. side, is the *Aquarium (PI. R, 20, 23;
entrance in the Sehadow-Str.), founded by Prof. Brehm, and opened
in 1869. Director, Dr. Hermes (adm., see p. 36; catalogue 50 pf.).
The collection is exhibited in a grotto-like corridor about 300 yds.
in length, which occupies two floors. We first enter the Reptile House,
which contains gigantic lizards and snakes of all kinds, some of the
poisonous varieties attaining a length of 12 ft. The Geological Grotto,
which comes next, contains birds (gulls, cockatoos). This is followed by
the large Bird House, among the inmates of which the weaver-birds
are specially worthy of notice. Here also are the cages of the anthropoid
apes, and, to the left and right of the entrance, tanks containing sala¬
manders , crocodiles, and tortoises. After these comes the Aquarium
proper, with an excellent collection of fresh and salt water fish. We
finally descend, with breeding-tanks for salmon and trout on either side,
to the lower rooms, containing other curiosities of the deep and a refresh¬
ment-bar.
Farther along the Linden, on the S. side (Nos. 17 & 18), is
the Hotel Westminster (p. 3), adjoined to the S. in the Behren-Str.
(passage) by the Metropol-Theater (p. 28). Near the corner of the
Friedrich-Str. is the entrance to the Passage or Kaiser-Q-alerie
(PI. R, 23, 22), built in 1869-73 by Kyllmann & Heyden, which
leads to the corner of the Friedrich-Strasse and Behren-Strasse
(p. 120). The arcade (400 ft. long, 24 ft. broad, and 40 ft. high)
contains a cafe, shops, the Kaiser-Panorama (stereoscopic views;
open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., 20 pf.), and the Passage Panopticum (p. 38).
At the corner of the Friedrich-Strasse (comp. p. 120) are Kranz-
ler's confectioner's shop, and (No. 25) the Cafe Bauer (No. 26: p. 11).
Tramways from the Gendarmen-Markt (S. E.) see p. 121; from the
corner of the Charlotten-Str. and Dorotheen-Str. (N. B.) see p. 145.
Beyond the Friedrich-Strasse, on the S. side (No. 35), is the
building of the Diskonto-Gesellschaft, by Ende & Bockmann. —
On the N. side (No. 39) stands the Grand Hotel de Rome (p. 3).
Close by, Charlotten-Str. 43, is the building of the Society of Ger¬
man Engineers, by Reiiner & Korte.