Drugstore (Berlin)

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Entrance to the drugstore on Potsdamer Strasse

The drugstore is the oldest self-managed youth center in Berlin. It was opened in September 1972 in the Schöneberg district of Berlin and since then has enabled young people to hold events and concerts themselves.

The non-profit association Social Pedagogical Special Measures Berlin (SSB e.V.), which also includes the Tommy-Weisbecker-Haus, is a free sponsor .

history

At the beginning of the 1970s, the left-wing youth bar hand drugstore existed at Motzstrasse 24 in the Schöneberg district of Berlin . In 1971, the pub was, among other things, a meeting place for founding members of the Georg von Rauch House . After sharp criticism of the capitalist interests of the operators and subsequent closure for financial reasons, several young employees of the youth pub joined forces in January 1972 to find concepts for an alternative with “socio-educational features”. Some of them also used experiences they had made in the so-called home campaign of the APO . In February 1972 the Association for Social Pedagogical Special Measures Berlin e. V. founded and searched for suitable rooms. In May 1972, a usage contract was signed with the former Schöneberg district for an empty youth home on Potsdamer Strasse . The rooms were expanded by the young people and opened under the name Drugstore in September 1972.

In mid-February 1973 the drugstore was occupied by the residential group of the youth center for 14 days with the demand for self-determined living space. An overnight stay in the youth center had previously been excluded by the usage contract. The pressure and negotiations with the Berlin Senate led to the establishment of the Tommy Weisbecker House in March.

The drugstore has since its inception left projects and young people as a venue for concerts, film screenings, exhibitions, sports groups and discussion boards are available. Even more famous Berlin artists like Soilent Green , No Exit , terrorist group , three bottles , Ätztussis , undead and Dr. Motte had a few appearances here. For many years, events and concerts have always been free of charge under the motto “Culture for free”.

In the 1980s, the Potse youth club was opened on the same floor of the building . In 1987 the Senate sold the building, in which the drugstore , potse and the PallasT children's and youth facility are located, to the BVG . For the time being, this had no effect on the youth center. Over the years, however, the drugstore has been threatened with closure several times. In 1991, the drugstore's license agreement was due to be terminated because of an anti-war banner attached to the outer facade. In 1994, a rent increase demanded by the BVG for all three facilities could be averted by the district. In 1998 the BVG increased the rent for the city, whereupon the district voted to move the drugstore out . The impending move was averted at that time with a concert in front of the Schöneberg town hall and the subsequent occupation of the town hall.

In 2008, as part of the move to the new BVG headquarters, BVG sold the building at Potsdamer Strasse 180 to a consortium of investors. A resale of the investors to a company of the Intown Group ultimately led to the termination of the premises by the Tempelhof-Schöneberg district on December 31, 2015. The termination could be postponed for several years.

At the beginning of January 2019, the lease for the rooms of both youth centers at Potsdamer Straße 180 finally ended. The district wants to provide new rooms in Potsdamer Straße 134/136 for the two youth centers Potse and Drugstore , which are expected to be available in mid-2019. Concerts will not be able to take place in the smaller rooms due to noise protection reasons. The drugstore handed over the keys to the Tempelhof-Schöneberg district on December 31, 2018, in order to protect the supporting association of Socio- Pedagogical Special Measures Berlin from recourse claims. The handover of the keys from the Potse youth club to the district on the same day failed .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SSB who we are
  2. ↑ Agit 883 No. 88
  3. ↑ Fizz No. 10
  4. ↑ Self-description of the drugstore from 1975
  5. ↑ a b c d Drugstore & Potse stay - Ya Basta . In: Warsaw No. 35, 1998
  6. ↑ Drugstore: terminated due to anti-war transparency . In: interim 134, 1991
  7. ↑ Christel Selffert: Rent for youth facilities will not be increased in 1994: BVG ready to negotiate . In: Berliner Zeitung . ( berliner-zeitung.de [accessed on February 18, 2017]).
  8. ↑ Gilbert Schomaker: BVG headquarters moves into the Trias Tower. Retrieved February 18, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Youth work before the end? Owner announces rented rooms to the district office . In: berliner-woche.de . ( berliner-woche.de [accessed on February 18, 2017]).
  10. ↑ Press release: Berlin's oldest self-administered youth center is about to close! - Drugstore. Retrieved February 18, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Potse and Drugstore: Again the future of youth facilities is uncertain . In: berliner-woche.de . ( berliner-woche.de [accessed on February 18, 2017]).
  12. ↑ Anja Meyer: "Potse" and "Drugstore" clear up. Retrieved December 27, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Drugstore press release of December 31, 2018. Accessed January 1, 2019 .
  14. ↑ The Potse youth center breaks the handover of the keys. Retrieved January 1, 2019 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 29 ′ 38.5 "  N , 13 ° 21 ′ 37.8"  E