After German reunification the Kurfürstendamm had to compete with central places like Potsdamer Platz, Friedrichstraße, and Alexanderplatz, which led to the closing of numerous cafés and cinemas. It retained the character of a flâneur and upscale shopping street as the western continuation of the Tauentzienstraße with its large department stores.
After German reunification the Kurfürstendamm had to compete with central places like Potsdamer Platz Friedrichstraße and Alexanderplatz which led to the closing of numerous cafés and cinemas It retained the character of a flâneur and upscale shopping street as the western continuation of the Tauentzienstraße with its large department stores