Frankfurt’s most famous tower, the Henninger Turm, will be torn town and replaced by a modern one. Time has taken its toll on the tower – it is over fifty years old and getting morose. The former silo of the Henninger brewery is getting readied for a modification.
Plans are to rebuild the tower in a greener way, but also a bit wider and deeper, as well as keeping its keg restaurant on the top. Up to 130 apartments are in the designing stage for this cubist Passivhaus, with each square meter at a cost of € 4.000,–
To see the changes the tower has gone through, visit the photo gallery of the Henninger Turm (1962 – present).
Until 1974, the Henninger Turm was the tallest building in the city of Frankfurt.
In the early 70s, I took a bus trip with my aunt to see Frankfurt. The highlights were the Frankfurt Airport and the Henninger Turm. I remember pressing my nose against the windows at the airport to see an airplane take off and we all went ooh and aah. The next stop was the restaurant on the top of the tower – again, we country folks went ooh and aah – with the restaurant turning.
That is a real pity – and how Frankfurt has changed since 1974!!
(But perhaps it isn’t getting morose, but marode? 😉
Oh dear – I have lived in Germany too long. “Marode” is German, not English isn’t it? Duh!!!
Yes, John, you have lived here too long… and long enough to pick up on this.
Marode is German, but I should have written morose, you are right. I usually italicize foreign words, which I did not in this case.
Well, at least we are not getting marode. Thanks and have a good weekend!
And another bit of history gets torn down and forgotten…