Before the war:
After the destruction and then the rebuilding:
Before and after:
The Germans did a good job on the rebuilding, but the city is nowhere near the same. Before there was much stone construction. Now it's largely concrete.
Rav Hirsch's apartment building is shown below. I can't tell if this is wood or stone, but it does contain some nice design work. The rebuild is similar in size, but it's a kind of simple concrete construction.
Rav Hirsch's actual building:
Building now on the site:
You see it here too:
Old Frankfurt stone:
New Frankfurt cement:
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