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, in

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. Designed by ''BRT Architects'' of

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and funded by

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, they were completed in 2012. Inside the buildings, office space, gastronomy, a radio station, as well as music club and live venue the

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can be found. The Mojo Club had been located here before, in the pile of a former bowling alley which was standing empty for years, then being demolished.

Location

The buildings at 1, Reeperbahn are located in a triangle of the streets of Reeperbahn, Zirkusweg and Beim Trichter near the area of former Hamburg city walls (Wallanlagen, today part of

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). Nearby the square of Spielbudenplatz and St. Pauli station as well as

Heiligengeistfeld Heiligengeistfeld (German: "Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost Field") is an area of Hamburg in the St. Pauli quarter. The ''Hamburger Dom'' funfair has been held there since 1893. When the area is not used for exhibitions, circuses or the Dom it is a car ...

are located.

Architecture

The height of the two towers with the significant kink is 85 and 75 metres. They are the result of a winning design of an architectural competition. The building was erected by Ed. Züblin AG. The two towers symbolize a couple dancing

Tango Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries from a combination of Arge ...

.Jetzt kommen Teheranis "Tanzende Türme" an die Reeperbahn
Hamburger Abendblatt, in GermanClub in den Niederungen
Süddeutsche Zeitung, in German The amount to be invested was around €180 million.

References

External links

Tanzende Türme
Haditeherani.com

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