Philip Tower
The Philipsturm was a 36 m high observation tower in Hamburg's Planten un Blomen park . It was built in 1953 for the International Garden Show . The glass tower shone with fluorescent lamps of different light colors: white and warm tone. The tower was sponsored by Deutsche Philips GmbH, architect Bernhard Hermkes .
In 1949 the first fluorescent lamps were used in Hamburg. The pontoons on the St. Pauli Landungsbrücken built between 1950 and 1953 were the first public facilities to have a continuous band of fluorescent lamps.
Until the opening of the viewing platform of the nearby Heinrich Hertz Tower in 1968, the Philip Tower remained a Hamburg attraction. In 1971 it was demolished.
The Eulenburg , an artificial ruin with a viewing platform with a view of the zoological garden, was located on the site of the Philip Tower until 1935 .
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Coordinates: 53 ° 33 ′ 40.7 " N , 9 ° 58 ′ 50" E