Tegel the end of 1948. Tegel is chiefly known for being the location of Berlin-Tegel "Otto Lilienthal", Berlin's main airport. It also houses the Tegel Penitentiary, Germany's largest prison with about 1,700 inmates as of 2007, known from Alfred Döblin's 1929 novel Berlin Alexanderplatz. One of Berlin's largest shopping malls "Borsighallen" is located in the former locomotive manufacturing halls of the "Borsigwerke". There is also the "Villa Borsig" at the shore of Lake Tegel, the former residence of the Borsig family. Today it is a school for future diplomats. Beside this Tegel is an extensive residential district with some industry. With
Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport time, the island airport site was to become the site of the "Harbor City" residential development, although a replacement for the island airport had not been agreed upon. A 1969 proposal to build a new airport by the new headland was met with opposition from local residents and Toronto City Councillors and was dropped. With plans uncertain, the Government of Canada requested that the Harbour Commission continue to operate the airport as is in the interim. In 1972, the "Harbor City" project died when the governments of Canada and Ontario proposed to build a new major airport in Pickering, Ontario.