Can we call it a trend now: German cities removing post-war construction to restore pre-war architecture? First, there was the recreation ofDresden’sFrauenkirche. Next, the demolition of the East GermanPalaceoftheRepublic with the hope of restoring the Hohenzollernpalace. Then, the Berlin SPD proposed returning to rows of single familytownhouses to replace the large, blocky, Bauhaus-inspired apartment buildings. Even Cologners’ racist resistance to the construction of a “super-mosque” belonged to a larger debate about the lost character of the city....