Trouble about Street Art at Charlottenburger Hostel - Local from Berlin

Trouble about Street Art at Charlottenburger Hostel - Local from Berlin

According to a report by www.tagesspiegel.de, the dispute over the compulsory overpainting of the colorful street art on the facade of the hostel "Happy Go Lucky" at Stuttgarter Platz escalated when the owner Alexander Skora wrote bad threatening letters to the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district office. These letters meant that the district office forwarded two of Skora's emails to the Berlin public prosecutor's office for criminal assessment. In addition, Skora threatened to defame the head of the legal department in the urban development office and to pursue both the painter and the scaffolding company criminal and civil law in Berlin, Ireland and the USA. The regional court rejected Skora's application for an injunction against the district office and plans to appeal against it.

The Situation could potentially lead to an association of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf with negative headlines and legal disputes, which could affect the attractiveness of the quarter for tourists and investors. It could also lead to increased pressure on the district office, in terms of balance between the protection of public space and respect for artistic freedom and expression. In any case, this event is an example of how conflicts about urban art and urban development must be solved objectively and constructively in order to ensure a positive and sustainable development of the quarter.