Dusseldorf - The former freight yard in Upper Kassel - a huge area in the heart of the Rhine district, and (through the famous "bend of the Rhine") is also in close proximity to downtown.
, To establish a new urban district, the "Belsen Park. And as an attractive gateway to the city wants to miss the long-neglected Belsenplatz a "facelift".
The square at the intersection of three roads (Luegallee, Belsenstraße, Hansaallee) and two railway lines (direction and Meerbusch Neuss / Krefeld) has a long needed facelift - this also means CDU Councilor Dr. Friedrich Haßbach who complained years ago: " The Belsenplatz is a plague! "
Now everything will be better, the traffic will be re-organized in order from the court - as the city council wrote in a Council proposal - a "kick-off space and image-makers for the new urban quarter" to do so. The main design point: In front of the historic station building is now used as a restaurant created an attractive square area.
Some Oberkasselern this solution, however, not expected to go far enough: The traffic and beautification club about a great solution in the form of a roundabout had called for the Belsenplatz.
In any case, should a visual and functional improvement of the trade center, which is struggling hard to give at this point for years (for example, the long-vacant "Oberkasseler Court) new impetus. And above all, the measure is an organic link between the shopping area at the Luegallee and establish the what is emerging as the former station yard.
"Within the area are retail, including a large supermarket, offices and - caused by more than 50 percent - including new homes," explains the head of the district administration office, Alfred wreath. Total 152.000 square meters of land to new uses will be supplied. According to the investor Vivico will emerge just 850 new homes.
