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Tempelhof Airport shut down as of 10/30/08
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http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g...gO7xQD944A6881 Snip: ===== BERLIN (AP) — Tempelhof Airport has been many things to Berlin — a lifeline to German areas cut off after World War I, a center of the city's defense in World War II, and the hub of the airlift that ensured West Berlin's survival during the Cold War. But for 85 years, it has always been an airport. That will change Thursday, when the last flights leave and Tempelhof is officially closed. The future of the 900-acre (365 hectare) site is uncertain. Proposals have included turning the airfield and building — one of the biggest in the world, protected as a historical landmark — into a luxury spa, some condos, a museum, a park, a trade center or even the centerpiece of a new Olympic bid. "Tempelhof is nothing more and nothing less than the cradle of aviation," said Ralf Kunkel, a spokesman for Berlin's airports. "A very big and important chapter of European aviation is going to end." ======== |
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