Wilhelm Marx Building
Red-brick nineteen-twenties office tower crowned by a pointed-arch gallery and a nightly rising neon sign.
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This guide to the Wilhelm Marx Building in Düsseldorf looks at the red-brick tower that rose over the Old Town in the nineteen twenties, among the first office high-rises in Europe. It touches on the architect Wilhelm Kreis, the stock traders who worked in its halls, and the wartime raids that wrecked them. Mostly, though, it is about the glowing advert on its crown and the odd rules it has lived under. Listen from the arcades, where you can tip your head back to the balustrade.
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