Built between 1953 and 1958, Lange Street (“Lange Straße”) in Rostock is the largest contiguous urban development to have been realised in the north of the former German Democratic Republic. Following Stalinallee in Berlin and alongside Dresden’s Altmarkt, the ensemble is one of the most representative building projects of that time. The row of arcades is part of a design that incorporates not only traditionalist forms and materials into the facades but also stylistic elements of Brick Gothic.
