Niederschönhausen: Pastor-Niemöller-Platz

Pastor-Niemöller-Platz is a historically rooted, village-scale residential area in the borough of Pankow. The older settlement pattern remains the most distinctive layer of Pastor-Niemöller-Platz; the local streetscape is chiefly defined by historic buildings and older street patterns; surviving village structures and a smaller settlement scale; detached homes and quiet residential streets; as well as parks, mature trees and everyday green space. In Pastor-Niemöller-Platz, the daily character emerges through changes in seating, greenery, pedestrian movement and the uses at the edges of the space. Pastor-Niemöller-Platz lies about 6.7 km north of central Berlin. From Pastor-Niemöller-Platz toward Schönholz and Uhlandstraße, density, land use and street character shift step by step rather than at a sharp edge. Within Niederschönhausen, Pastor-Niemöller-Platz stands out through a clear public focus for the surrounding streets.