Unter den Linden is one of the grand avenues of Berlin, although it never reached the prominence that Hitler and Speer envisioned. I lived in Berlin 1972-73. The part of Unter den Linden that was west of the Berlin Wall, was barren - the Robert Harris novel Vaterland depicts Unter den Linden as it was planned. It felt like a U.S. urban development project - sterile. I need to go back and see what it's like now.
-Joe-