Neo-Baroque and half-timbered romanticism in a city that thinks big is growing upwards and
already seems to have the century-to-come in view? Hardly had the plans to recreate the
bombed-out old city between the cathedral and the city hall of the Römer been drafted when the
criticism began. And yet today native Frankfurters cannot curb their enthusiasm. Around the
Hühnermarkt by now one of the most attractive squares in the city a new world has grown
which with its pubs stores and even a barber shop has not only become a magnet for tourism.
It is as if next to a new heart Frankfurt's centre city has also received a new soul. This
lushly illustrated volume recounts the exciting history of the Römerberg gives a summary of
the various debates surrounding its reconstruction and takes the reader along on a tour of one
of the most beautiful and important buildings in the new district.
