There are about a dozen escalators now unlike the one which was available when the building first opened. They bought the building in 2001 for 48 Million Euros. The building is owned by Rodamco Europe, a real estate company from The Netherlands. This area can get crowded however there is a less crowded viewing area below it which also shares the area with a cafe. The observation deck is a circular area with a telescope. The reason why these views are offered is due to the high ground it is situated on. On the top of the shopping centre is an open-air observation deck which offers views of the skyline of Frankfurt and the surrounding area, despite being only 41 metres. Construction of a building was difficult in that location as it was between department stores. The entrance to the restaurants and the cinema is a curved glass wall which extrudes into the street. Wo bitte gibts in FFM noch irgendwo irgendeinen Landen in dem man D&D. und was ist los, das eine Haus abgerissen, das im anderen werden Teppiche verkauft etc etc etc. Above the entrance to the shops is a vertical glass wall which usually displays advertisements. ich rannte grad 3 geschlagene Stunden durch Frankfurt, weil ich mir endlich das 3.5 DMG kaufen wollte. The building has an ultramodern design on the entrance which is nearly entirely glass. Along the centre of the building are escalators and a glass lift. This makes access to stores easier for disabled people. The building followed an unusual design by Kramm & Streigal on the interior by which the floors are sloped so that a visitor is able to walk to the top of the building without stairs or escalators. However, this succumb to the same fate and the area remains as an empty cinema hall. However, the cinema soon turned bankrupt and the space was converted into a cinema for premieres of films. The studio was removed and replaced by shops.Īn IMAX theatre was added on to the enormous roof of the Zeilgalerie in the late 1990s. However, a few years later, a downwards travelling escalator was installed and the light the architects wanted was lost.Ī remote studio on level 7 was maintained by Radio RPR until 1995. The architects of the Zeilgalerie said this was so that more light could enter the building through the front. When it first opened in 1992, the Zeilgalerie only had 1 escalator which went in an upwards direction. There are approximately 70 stores situated in the 800 metre long building. It was opened in September 1992 and is 41 metres tall with 10 floors, one of which is underground.
Zeilgalerie is a shopping centre located at the Zeil in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.