Hermann Friedrich Waesemann designed the town hall, which was built from 1861 to 1869. The article names no client. It occupies an entire city block on Rathausstraße in Berlin's Mitte district, near Alexanderplatz, where it replaced several medieval buildings. The article calls the style North Italian High Renaissance. It does not mention red brick, only the name Rotes Rathaus.
The design was modeled on the Old Town Hall of Toruń in Poland, and the tower is reminiscent of the cathedral tower of Laon in France. The article gives no dimensions or tower height.
Allied bombing heavily damaged the building in World War II. It was rebuilt to the original plans between 1951 and 1956. It is the seat of the Governing Mayor of Berlin and the Senate of Berlin, and the administration of reunified Berlin moved in on October 1, 1991. The article gives no visitor information.
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