Beatles-Platz
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The Beatles-Platz (English: Beatles Square/Plaza) is a plaza in the St. Pauli quarter in Hamburg, Germany, at the crossroads of Reeperbahn and Große Freiheit. It is circular, with a diameter of 29 metres (95 ft) and paved black to make it look like a vinyl record. Surrounding the place are five statues, representing The Beatles: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Stuart Sutcliffe, George Harrison, and a hybrid of drummers Pete Best and Ringo Starr each of whom played with The Beatles at times during their Hamburg engagements.
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This plaza was built to commemorate Hamburg's importance in The Beatles' history. The draft design was by architects Dohse & Stich during a common tendering. Building the project cost about €500,000 and was split among donations, sponsors and the city of Hamburg.
The project's initiator was the Hamburg radio station Oldie 95. On the station's instigation the community of interest IG Beat City was founded, which considers The Beatles-Platz as a prelude for more projects targeting The Beatles' memorization in Hamburg's cityscape. [citation needed]
After Hamburg's First Mayor Ole von Beust and Minister of Culture Karin von Welck gave the senate's consent for the project, construction began. The first drawing saw the construction started around December 2005–January 2006, with overall costs of €100,000 and completion in May 2006, in time for the Football World Cup.
On 29 May 2008 at 13:00, construction began with the symbolic groundbreaking, which was done by the initiator Stephan Heller. Uriz von Oertzen (Hi-Life Entertainment), Frank Otto, Dr. Karin von Welck (minister of culture), Markus Schreiber (head of borough exchange Hamburg-Mitte) and Prof. Jörn Walter (construction supervisor).[1]
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Construction continued for approximately three months, and a ceremonial opening took place on 11 September 2008 presided over by the city's First Mayor. The Beatles memorial consists of metal statues of the band members as well as song names of successful songs. The initial engravings held some spelling mistakes such as Drive me car, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band and Can't Buy Melove ,[2][3] which could not be corrected before completion. By now the incorrect plates have been exchanged.[3]
References
- ^ Spatenstich für Beatles-Platz Archived 2009-02-12 at the Wayback Machine bild.de (in German) Retrieved on June 19, 2008
- ^ Note: mistake in bold by author
- ^ a b "Reeperbahn: Fehlerteufel beim Beatles-Denkmal am Werk" (in German). Norddeutscher Rundfunk. 2008-09-14. Archived from the original on 2009-10-02. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
External links
- www.beatles-platz.tv
- Pictures of the Beatles-Platz
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- John Lennon
- Paul McCartney
- George Harrison
- Ringo Starr
- Stuart Sutcliffe
- Pete Best
- Chas Newby
- Norman Chapman
- Tommy Moore
- Jimmie Nicol
performances
- 1960 Johnny Gentle Tour
- Winter 1963 Helen Shapiro Tour
- 1963 Roy Orbison Tour
- The Ed Sullivan Show appearances
- 1964 world tour
- The Beatles' 1964 tour of Australia
- 1964 North American tour
- 1965 European tour
- 1965 US tour
- 1965 UK tour
- 1966 tour of Germany, Japan and the Philippines
- 1966 US tour
- Our World performance
- Rooftop concert
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places
- 10 Admiral Grove
- 12 Arnold Grove
- 20 Forthlin Road
- 251 Menlove Avenue
- 34 Montagu Square, Marylebone
- Abbey Road, London
- Ad Lib Club
- The Bag O'Nails
- Beatles Ashram
- Beatles-Platz
- Blue Angel
- Casbah Coffee Club
- Candlestick Park
- Carnegie Hall
- The Cavern Club
- Cavern Mecca
- Comiskey Park
- The Jacaranda
- Kaiserkeller
- Kinfauns
- London Palladium
- Penny Lane, Liverpool
- 3 Savile Row
- The Scotch of St. James
- Shea Stadium
- St Peter's Church
- Stanley Street
- Star-Club
- Strawberry Field
- Tittenhurst Park
- The Top Ten Club
- Wigmore Street
- The Beatles Anthology
- The Beatles: The Authorised Biography
- The Beatles: All These Years
- A Cellarful of Noise
- I, Me, Mine
- Lennon Remembers
- Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now
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