https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog daily 0.75 2022-01-31 https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/berlins-oldest-street monthly 0.5 2022-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/30ba17a9-00c4-4f5a-80a7-4c72cc67985a/Berlin+Road+1.jpg Blog - Berlin's Oldest Street - Make it stand out Berlin’s oldest street, located on what is today Stralauer Straße. This view is looking east, with the Altes Stadthaus visible on the left hand side of the image. © Landesdenkmalamt Berlin, M. Malliaris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/3ca0b1f3-413f-4651-8d6d-c8819b3214af/Berlin+Road+2.jpg Blog - Berlin's Oldest Street - Make it stand out The wooden planks have been covered by dense layers of dirt for centuries, which is why archaologists believe they are still in such good shape. © Landesdenkmalamt Berlin, M. Malliaris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/c2e984e9-cb7d-48b2-ac33-3a3dd32fd7df/Screen+Shot+2022-01-31+at+14.53.50.png Blog - Berlin's Oldest Street - Make it stand out Approximate location of Berlin’s oldest street, overlayed on a contemporary map. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/eaa65f5a-0e4e-4017-9b81-06f487b52de3/Berlin+Road+3.jpg Blog - Berlin's Oldest Street - Make it stand out Looking west along the plank road towards Nikolaikirche. Archaeologists believe that the lack of worn tread marks means that the road was covered up rather soon after it was first constructed. © Landesdenkmalamt Berlin, M. Malliaris https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/vote-against-enteignung monthly 0.5 2021-08-31 https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/berlin-mietskaserne monthly 0.5 2020-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1606295295546-JMVXCPX4YU2B4EEQF61Z/Arnimplatz.png Blog - Berlin’s Mietskasernen The Mietskasernen around Arnimplatz. Notice the block on the right-hand side of the photo: I count 24 distinct courtyards. Source: BerlinHistory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1606203843126-2ZKVJL2FP4HFMK6AMEIN/Courtyard+Animation.png Blog - Berlin’s Mietskasernen A time-lapsed view of a Mietskaserne being constructed, divided into three phases. Phase 1 is the street-facing buildings, Phase 2 is the construction of buildings in the courtyard, with Phase 3 filling in the last bits of extra space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1606201807359-VSUWLO3XTTFOZQFKGD41/Kottbusser+Tor Blog - Berlin’s Mietskasernen Kottubsser Tor/Kottbusser Damm in 1928 (left). An image of the same block from 2020 on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1606201859892-DMTA6KDH5CDHYN7HQNFY/Ostbahnhof Blog - Berlin’s Mietskasernen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1606201893234-YE0F5D5TX7V27WASCEKY/Kreuzberg Blog - Berlin’s Mietskasernen https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/the-mainzer-strasse-evictions monthly 0.5 2020-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1605440697572-S6KP0673S3HHCB0PFW40/Mainzerstrasse+Riots Blog - The Mainzer Straße Evictions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1605440770012-QS2GS6LIRAKQYFS9RCKX/Mainzer_Stra%C3%9Fe-1-Juni1990.jpg Blog - The Mainzer Straße Evictions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1605440812024-R93ZUXD8KS96UA98DIYZ/Mainzer_Stra%C3%9Fe-3-Juni1990.jpg Blog - The Mainzer Straße Evictions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1605440959667-9NDVK3PL7PZF9Z85USLL/MainzerStra%C3%9FeOsten.jpg Blog - The Mainzer Straße Evictions Mainzer Straße in 2006. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/containerbahnhof-frankfurter-allee monthly 0.5 2020-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1604996489633-VNCXRHJB215QKGV1WGKP/Frankfurter+Allee+Containerbahnhof Blog - Containerbahnhof Frankfurter Allee The Containerbahnhof Frankfurter Allee was located directly to the east of the Frankfurter Allee S-Bahn station. It’s highlighted in brown above. Source: Open Street Maps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1604997160858-DZYKM6VMUBMHPLILZSXX/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R1019-0006%2C_Berlin%2C_Containerbahnhof_Frankfurter_Allee.jpg Blog - Containerbahnhof Frankfurter Allee A view looking north over top of the Containerbahnhof Frankfurter Allee. A total of 18 loading stations could process up to 1000 containers every day. The Eldenaerstr. Bridge is in the background. Source: Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1604997226591-8PK6YZPNOT158G0NT8VM/Bahnhof_Berlin_Frankfurter_Allee%2C_Stellwerk_B2_%282%29.jpg Blog - Containerbahnhof Frankfurter Allee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1604997540073-3F277BS25QKLLXT49L2S/Screen+Shot+2020-11-10+at+09.37.44.png Blog - Containerbahnhof Frankfurter Allee A satellite image of the Containerbahnhof from 2020. Most of the tracks and loading stations have been removed, with only a few small-scale temporary buildings remaining. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/berlin-radschnellverbindungen monthly 0.5 2020-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1600416323217-RFPI6BG3YFB7YFTYR2F3/Berlin-Radschnellverbindungen-Querschnitt Blog - Berlin's Radschnellverbindungen (Express Bike Lanes) Plenty of space for pedestrians (Fußgänger), bike traffic (Radschnellverkehr), and cars (Kraftfahrzeuge). The numbers indicate the minimum width of each section. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1600416262220-DVEVXH3CX1T1IXYS1EJI/Radschnellverbindungen-Planung.jpg Blog - Berlin's Radschnellverbindungen (Express Bike Lanes) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1600418024924-HAY11PHTX5S7LROB9YA4/Radschnellverbindung+Berlin+Tiergaren+Landsberger+Allee Blog - Berlin's Radschnellverbindungen (Express Bike Lanes) This section of Route 5 is split into three sections. The blue-lined streets were evaluated as part of the feasibility study. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1600423601184-IDA9OJRHSH6BPIVRPW51/Screen+Shot+2020-09-18+at+10.02.34.png Blog - Berlin's Radschnellverbindungen (Express Bike Lanes) Planners recommend expanding the existing bike lanes directly through the center of the Tiergarten. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1600423756868-1Z2RPRVKULXDI6K6PG78/Berlin+Schnellradverbindung Blog - Berlin's Radschnellverbindungen (Express Bike Lanes) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1600424501142-XR9PW7D60AFUSZDX8A30/Berlin+Radschnellverbindung Blog - Berlin's Radschnellverbindungen (Express Bike Lanes) https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/berlins-city-cycling-challenge monthly 0.5 2019-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1558597754200-5QDL59TPK9X1B1XCI5L8/Stadtradeln_Berlin_Visual+Web+2.jpg Blog - Berlin's City Cycling Challenge The City Cycling Challenge in Berlin runs from June 2-June 22, 2019. Participation is free. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/may-first-berlin monthly 0.5 2020-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1557838863084-P5AJVBTC6R6932V4TO98/Raising_a_flag_over_the_Reichstag_%28original%29.jpg Blog - May 1st in Berlin Soviet soldiers raise the hammer and sickle over the Reichstag during the Battle of Berlin on May 2nd, 1945. Photo credit: creative commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1557838954493-KIKNHV1MZC90UCWAQB9E/Skalitzer_Stra%C3%9Fe_1987_01.jpg Blog - May 1st in Berlin A burned-out car on the streets of Berlin on the morning of May 2, 1987. The photo was taken in the Kreuzberg district at the intersection of Skalitzerstraße and Mariannenstraße. The train station in the background is Görlitzer bahnhof, today a stop on the U-1 line. Photo credit: creative commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1557838895454-693PNSMGO7WEQHA6IQAQ/Kreuzberg-ausschreitungen.jpg Blog - May 1st in Berlin A still-burning car after riots in Berlin. The stairs on the left of the photo lead to Mariannenplatz. Photo credit: creative commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1557840883191-97H2LZQEOITC8HBLDP94/IMG_0407.jpg Blog - May 1st in Berlin The 2019 MyFest in Kreuzberg. Picnic benches, families, and a few political pamphlets on Mariannenplatz. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/leipziger-strasse-complex monthly 0.5 2020-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1556096396679-O0ELAIXCZTP7ND6CNGIK/Leipziger+Strasse+Komplex Blog - The Leipziger Straße Complex The apartment towers on Leipziger Straße. The buildings are on the south side of the street, which runs east-west. Photo credit: creative commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1556096728944-ARSDYFAGA8I586EOJFLN/Leipziger+Strasse+Complex Blog - The Leipziger Straße Complex A photo from government archives in 1979. You can see how the apartment towers had space for stores and other commercial facilities in the bottom two floors. Photo credit: creative commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1556096508015-GC69NCALQHXZE3LGP9JC/Stamp+Leipziger+Strasse Blog - The Leipziger Straße Complex The buildings even made it onto a stamp. FDJ stands for Freie Deutsche Jugend, Free German Youth, the communist youth organization in the DDR. Photo credit: creative commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1556096970136-AYHQDCSQHWBCGYQYLSIT/Leipziger+Strasse+Complex+North+Side Blog - The Leipziger Straße Complex An archival image of what appears to be the buildings on the north side of Leipziger Straße. The entire complex was supposed to reflect the socialist ideal of planned living/shopping/relaxing space. Photo credit: creative commons. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/quartier-schutzenstrasse monthly 0.5 2020-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1555318475583-Z5JVFBRE5RSDG4HT9FRX/Quartier_Schu%CC%88tzenstrasse_Berlin.jpg Blog - Quartier Schützenstraße Photo Credit: Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1555325075706-D1QWSFODPCLKE927WBP7/Quartier+Sch%C3%BCtzenstra%C3%9Fe+Berlin Blog - Quartier Schützenstraße The grey section of the facade is intended to pay homage to the Palazzo Farnese in Rome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1555319019316-33M023C7GJBW59ACHZD7/Palazzo_Farnese_Fassade.jpg Blog - Quartier Schützenstraße The Palazzo Farnese in Rome. Aldo Rossi drew inspiration from this facade for the Quartier Schützenstraße in Berlin. Photo Credit: Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1555319271236-SR1LRYU4KPW4EUD36CVR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Quartier Schützenstraße A selection of the different facades. They are very colorful and dynamic. Photo Credit: Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1555319474538-NB9KZ68ZETEN547ODDET/Quartier+Schutzenstrasse+Courtyard Blog - Quartier Schützenstraße Two of the inner courtyards in the Quartier Schützenstraße building complex. They remind me of an old Italian building, except they were actually built in the 1990s in Berlin. Photo credit: Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1555325226120-IU3A1224I62PMC0PGRSI/Octogonal+Courtyard Blog - Quartier Schützenstraße The octogonal courtyard inside the Quarter Schützenstraße. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/hotel-roter-adler monthly 0.5 2019-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1553496038400-SI1MVO79IOYNPHK0W9K9/Hotel+Roter+Adler.jpg Blog - Hotel Roter Adler The new, with light sand-colored faced (in the middle), flanked by the old (darker brown facade) on either side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1554561188377-0KD0DN6ZIGH0PO33SQXN/Hotel+Roter+Adler Blog - Hotel Roter Adler The Hotel Roter Adler in Berlin. It was built by the architect Otto Michaelsen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1554561289879-13MAYVQX5QKEHWGE34KZ/Hotel+Roter+Adler+Berlin Blog - Hotel Roter Adler The intricately carved facade of the Hotel Roter Adler in Berlin. The Hotel is located just down the street from Checkpoint Charlie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1554561476037-KBAE52414ZSXZKEQ9MVX/Jungendstil+in+Berlin Blog - Hotel Roter Adler The facade features scenes and categories from German history. I think this is appropriate for a building not far from Berlin’s political capitol. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/berliner-verbindungsbahn monthly 0.5 2019-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1553520244286-MP86P4PU48E59DTC8XOT/Berlin_Hamburger_Bahnhof_um_1850.jpg Blog - Berliner Verbindungsbahn The Hamburger Bahnhof in 1850, not long after its completion in 1847. The Hamburgher Bahnhof was one of 5 new train stations built with a 10 year period in the mid-19th century. Image credit: Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1553519317552-CUX9CJAHHU9LT3O22BX6/Berliner+Verbindungsbahn Blog - Berliner Verbindungsbahn The tracks of the Berlin Connector Train are at the bottom left of this image. The viaduct under construction to the right is today’s U-1 train line. Photo credit: creative commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1553520836547-882EMLFYMQNOJB3PEPLR/Berlin+Connector+Train+1851 Blog - Berliner Verbindungsbahn A map of the Berlin Connector train from 1851. The dark-brown line is the the route of the tracks. The lighter brown highlight denotes the city limits. Image credit: creative commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1553521342455-WN5WXD1IPFCX1G6O7U3Z/Berlin+Connector+Train+in+1871 Blog - Berliner Verbindungsbahn A map of the Berlin Connector Train (the thin brown line in the city center) with the Berlin Ringbahn (the thicker brown line that runs in a semi-circle around the city from Moabit in the north to Schöneberg in the south. In 1871, the first section of the Ring was brought into service, making the Berlin Connector Train unecessary. Image credit: creative commons. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/the-berliner-schloss monthly 0.5 2019-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1552744538721-RABAWZ5N51ADJPKXSWGZ/Renaissance Blog - The Berliner Schloss (the Berlin Palace) A model of the Berlin Palace as it looked in the 16th century. The Spree runs from left-to-right along the top of this model. Photo credit: Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1552744821862-EVSS413H01UPKCLFVMOJ/Schl%C3%BCter+Berlin+Palace Blog - The Berliner Schloss (the Berlin Palace) The Berlin in Palace in a drawing from the year 1702. At this point, the Palace had begun morphing into a Baroque-style building. Photo credit: Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1552745159400-VDTR1SPB1F8I2YDEPIV5/Berlin+Palace+with+Dome Blog - The Berliner Schloss (the Berlin Palace) The Berliner Schloss in 1853, with the newly completed dome. The dome is on the west side of the building, meaning that if you’re walking along the street in the foreground, you’re walking along Unter den Linden from West to East. Photo credit: Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1552746051718-YOFOIKSU9WAX4VLI9F3Z/Berlin+Palace+in+1900 Blog - The Berliner Schloss (the Berlin Palace) The Berliner Schloss in 1900, with the to Kaiser Wilhelm National Monument in the foreground. Photo Credit: Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1552806759842-PN71SHX703KLE8TZNBSK/Damaged+Palace Blog - The Berliner Schloss (the Berlin Palace) The heavily damaged Berlin Palace some time between 1945 and 1950. Photo credit: Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1552807441351-L65TBT70QTAHLOBH537Z/Palace+of+the+Republic Blog - The Berliner Schloss (the Berlin Palace) The Palace of the Republic, a showpiece building of the DDR. Construction was completed in 1976. Photo credit: Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1552808188296-2FIIY7VAIPXD84USBCL5/Berlin+Palace+in+2015 Blog - The Berliner Schloss (the Berlin Palace) The Berliner Schloss under construction in 2015. You can see the historical facade coming into view behind the scaffolding. Photo source: Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1552808388814-O7PZZ0WJ9XNRQ3YDJ205/Berlin+palace+in+2017 Blog - The Berliner Schloss (the Berlin Palace) Reconstruction of the facade of the Berliner Schloss in 2017. You can see the modern concrete construction at the top right of the photo. The historical facade is just a thin layer, essentially just a shell on top of the concrete structure. Photo credit: Creative Commons. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/rigaer-strasse-berlin monthly 0.5 2019-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1552246508110-YD15AXZCVTSXBJYKL97T/fullsizeoutput_7c2.jpeg Blog - Rigaer Straße and Berlin Housing Policy Scene of the police raid from January 2018, a house on Rigaer Straße. The sign above the door says “Our passion for peace is stronger than every authority.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1552247841677-CUDZXMUFRTLW958BO82M/Samariterstrasse Blog - Rigaer Straße and Berlin Housing Policy Another squatted building located on Samariter Straße, around the corner. There’s a cafe inside as well as a space for events. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1552248189089-J2RMPEEYYVSCTTK36I6D/Rigaerstrasse Blog - Rigaer Straße and Berlin Housing Policy Another squatted house on Rigaer Straße. There’s a bar downstairs, and a website explaining the project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1552248798351-W6VS7COB1284G4N7BQJL/fullsizeoutput_7c5.jpeg Blog - Rigaer Straße and Berlin Housing Policy Another occupied house at the corner of Rigaer and Liebigstraße in Berlin. These brightly colored buildings are a few of the last remaining strongholds of the squatter movement in Beriln. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1552249261485-I7BK834J230GTMY4IYSR/V7C0tiO5SWCJKNcRAD54Ig.jpg Blog - Rigaer Straße and Berlin Housing Policy Intersection of Rigaer Straße and Silvio Meier Straße. Silvio Meier was a leftist activist who was murdered by Neo-Nazis in 1992. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/berlin-alexanderplatz-alfred-dblin monthly 0.5 2019-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1552143858092-IVJSX281ST36P7EI8X4E/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H0724-501-02%2C_Berlin%2C_Stra%C3%9Fenbahnhaltestelle_Alexanderstra%C3%9Fe.jpg Blog - Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin The tram stop at Alexanderplatz in 1928. Did Franz take a ride in one of these trains? Photo credit: creative commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1552144193759-5AMX62ZBSLYOFPSL10C2/Kaufhaus_tietz.jpg Blog - Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin Kaufhaus Tietz on Alexanderplatz, photographed here in 1911. Franz Biberkopf often stood outside this luxury building, selling small goods or, more often than not, just passing time. Photo credit: creative commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1552144640122-BQ8PJR79FIAEMUNIAEZA/Screen+Shot+2019-03-09+at+15.56.54.png Blog - Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin Alexanderplatz in 1912. Crowded, cold, and filled with the down-and-out segments of Berlin society. Do you see Franz Biberkopf? Maybe if you squint your eyes… Photo Credit: creative commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1552145097386-Q9P0OESGFCP5CGL4I9JI/Bundesarchiv_Bild_204-022%2C_Berlin%2C_Bahnhof_Alexanderplatz%2C_Scha%CC%88den.jpg Blog - Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin Alexanderplatz train station in 1945. Franz Biberkopf spent a lot of time around here. What happened to him? What happened to the real people who were just like him? Photo credit: creative commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1552145495097-S4QGIXS0HDPMUS5IOANL/Screen+Shot+2019-03-09+at+16.31.05.png Blog - Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin Alexanderplatz today. Lots of concrete. That’s about it. Photo credit: creative commons. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/markthalle-ix monthly 0.5 2019-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1551342627716-FC1U9HVZXM93H4TDAF6O/Markthalle+IX+-+undated+image. Blog - The Markthalle IX The inside of Markthalle IX in an undated image. Photo Credit: Markthalle Neun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1551342043213-WGKQT1U7LR4ZK0HJEFYA/Markthalle+IX Blog - The Markthalle IX The Markthalle IX today. Photo Credit: Markthalle Neun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1551342941037-EWXSQSWLUZRXTO64XRVD/Markthalle_Neun_08.02.2015_16-21-31.JPG Blog - The Markthalle IX One of the permanent stands in the Markthalle IX in Kreuzberg. Photo: Creative Commons https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/zentralvieh-und-schlachthof monthly 0.5 2019-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1550674868085-ACYG953LBB3ADR9PF2KH/Berlin_Zentralviehhof_Uebersicht.jpg Blog - Zentralvieh- und Schlachthof The layout of the original slaughterhouse. “Der Weidenweg” is now called. Eldenaerstr. Source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1550675370209-CM8TYEC74IRKX3RM5XRM/Karte_des_Sta%CC%88dtischen_Centralvieh-_und_Schlachthofs_in_Berlin.png Blog - Zentralvieh- und Schlachthof A map of the facility at its peak (sorry for the German). Source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1550675813145-WB5H3FO90FCPIVVND5Y9/Zentralviehhof_-_Hammelauktionshalle_1.jpg Blog - Zentralvieh- und Schlachthof This is the frame of the hall that processed mutton (i.e. sheep). In the background is another hall that has been re-purposed into a bike shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1550675871969-KKYLDMDQBZO8XV1A5KM6/Rinderstall%2C_Zentralvieh-_und_Schlachthof%2C_Prenzlauer_Berg%2C_Berlin%2C_2009-07-05.jpg Blog - Zentralvieh- und Schlachthof As of winter 2019, these buildings are actually being remodeled and transformed. The facades are being preserved, but entirely new buildings are being constructed inside them. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/ernst-thaelmann-park monthly 0.5 2019-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1483699737000-B3Y9MKKM6ECBCONK0YNW/Berlin+City+Gas+Facility+ca.+1926. Blog - Ernst Thälmann Park The Berlin City Gas Facility in 1926. Danziger Straße runs bottom-to-top at the bottom left of the photo. Greifswalder Straße runs left-to-right at the bottom of the photo. Photo from: https://thaelmannpark.wordpress.com/geschichte/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1483700093679-LYJ05AHTWGKYFMUCRL1C/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Ernst Thälmann Park The dilapidated facility in a photo from 1982. The petroleum storage containers dominate the area. Photo Credit: Gerd Danigel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1483700053003-X8INUPCEKH5K5057HU3L/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Ernst Thälmann Park The facility in the 1970s. The fuel storage containers are in the background Source: Berlin Senate for City Development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1483700359963-7D2KWMJBK0QFPYYG09E1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Ernst Thälmann Park Ernst Thälmann in 1932, not long before his arrest by the Gestapo. Source: Wikipedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1483700660551-KVF72GCLX0WX6HZ667YP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Ernst Thälmann Park The Ernst Thälmann Memorial, with the apartment blocks behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1483700716386-VHFXA3KUOYN15H6BQP7I/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Ernst Thälmann Park The cultural forum, housed in the remaining buildings of the Berlin City Gas Facility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1483701002135-06WQ4M37TJYU80ZOYD04/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Ernst Thälmann Park Contaminated area underneath the former Berlin City Gas Facility. Danziger Str. runs left-right through the image, Greifswalder Str. runs top-to-bottom on the right side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1483701336516-5R56GWVOB9QP0TJJIPBE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Ernst Thälmann Park A small wooded park on the site of the former Berlin City Gas Facility. Two large gas storage containers were located here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1483701207675-URAEX48OBOTRZ1V399AE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Ernst Thälmann Park Demolished gas facilities are highlighted in blue. The two circles are gas storage containers. The area is now a park (at left). https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/house-3-berlin-torture monthly 0.5 2016-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1479219483272-R8AF1CJ64X05I4DTJHQI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - House 3: A Soviet Torture Chamber in Berlin One of the buildings in the former hospital complex in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin. Originally built at the end of the 19th century, the complex has had many different uses over the past 130 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1479218991365-21PI0GYODLUU7FRTF08C/image-asset.jpeg Blog - House 3: A Soviet Torture Chamber in Berlin The facade of House 3, in 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1479219086301-ZUH83X36PX1GANNPXILH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - House 3: A Soviet Torture Chamber in Berlin The basement windows, behind which countless detainees were imprisoned, interrogated, and tortured. They remain mostly sealed off today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1479219259517-C5NQ39ZY16KXNJERU62M/image-asset.jpeg Blog - House 3: A Soviet Torture Chamber in Berlin A basement window of House 3, sealed with multi-plated glass and bricks. The former detention cells are now used as administrative offices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1479219407653-I8GUS8Z4C9S5ARD90VTH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - House 3: A Soviet Torture Chamber in Berlin The location of the former guard tower. Today, the entire complex is an administrative center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1479219733321-4DL2NEZ1D29VVXPMSSU6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - House 3: A Soviet Torture Chamber in Berlin https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/memorial-polish-soldiers-anti-fascists monthly 0.5 2019-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1474184104821-TKD9UWVYRHPEP835ZOIZ/Polish-memorial Blog - Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists For Your Freedom and Ours: Inscription on the Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists in Volkspark Friedrichshain in Berlin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1474184280463-Q5073CCLXC4ITTDNPPNX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists The plaque in the middle is the original dedication plaque. The two smaller plaques on the outside were added later. Source: By ProhibitOnions - English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7579421 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1474184826604-5YM5QCEATQQ62050VY9E/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists For Your Freedom and Ours. The large concrete relief at the Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists in Berlin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1474185043297-GGT0MI52DWHCWPM3YKTV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists The new dedication plaque. It expands the number of those memorialized. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2015/long-shadow-aryanization-hertie monthly 0.5 2016-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1444316610381-X7O3FHOZ5QWK3XVSDSK5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Long Shadow of Aryanization Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe), one of the most famous department stores in Berlin, was originally owned by Hermann Tietz & Co. This photo was taken in 1907. Photo Credit: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1444316178186-11OAJ74L7OI8UWXFNAI2/12-10-13-dokument-kongreszhalle-nuernberg-by-RalfR-116.jpg Blog - The Long Shadow of Aryanization "Now Aryan." This sign indicates that the Jewish owners have been replaced with "Aryan" owners. Photo Credit: Wikipedia https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2015/9/11/the-csu-is-scared monthly 0.5 2015-09-11 https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2015/9/7/the-governments-refugee-plan monthly 0.5 2015-09-07 https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/berlin-medieval-city-wall monthly 0.5 2019-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1441199886031-NBBAJMWLUY9EN6EH4C77/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Berlin's Medieval City Wall Berlin's Medieval City Wall was built around 1250. The last remaining remnant can be seen on Littenstraße in Mitte. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1441200057464-F9RI6PAJTKMS9XLQ0UXX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Berlin's Medieval City Wall A map of Berlin from 1650. The medieval wall straddles both sides of the River Spree, with what is now Museum Island in the lower section of the photo. Photo credit: City of Berlin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1441200467476-C2DCG0EYOWNEM19ABTSO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Berlin's Medieval City Wall One of the remnants of the wall on Littenstraße. The wall was originally built with whatever materials were at hand: bricks, stones, or rubble. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1441200590512-04TFF5QJBRKY2XQBGHC0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Berlin's Medieval City Wall The wall was simply subsumed into the city's infrastructure. This building now contains a pub. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1441201111343-EJJJZGKC7RRFEYZGIDY6/DSC_0253.JPG Blog - Berlin's Medieval City Wall The wall is composed of a patchwork of materials - large stones, filling, different sized bricks. I like how the texture of the wall shifts as you move along it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1441200962629-XOJG7JW58M9B92OIC5AG/DSC_0238.JPG Blog - Berlin's Medieval City Wall The last remaining remnants of Berlin's Medieval City Wall, with the TV Tower at Alexanderplatz in the background. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2015/8/5/freedom-of-the-press-under-attack monthly 0.5 2015-08-05 https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2015/7/6/the-political-greek-crisis-in-europe monthly 0.5 2015-07-06 https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2015/6/18/the-grexit-draws-nearer monthly 0.5 2015-06-18 https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2015/6/17/how-to-solve-city-problems monthly 0.5 2015-06-17 https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2015/5/26/the-future-of-urban-innovation monthly 0.5 2015-05-26 https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2015/5/24/germanys-right-wing-party-crashes-and-burns monthly 0.5 2015-05-24 https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2015/5/5/angela-merkels-big-spying-problem monthly 0.5 2015-05-05 https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2015/2/12/grexit monthly 0.5 2015-02-12 https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2015/2/4/free-trade-agreements-are-amazing-or-terrible-or-both monthly 0.5 2015-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1423682061298-L7SSX7F6A4LZHRB0818L/Europe+and+America+would+be+best+friends. Blog - Free Trade Agreements are Amazing! Or Terrible! Or Both... Europe and America would be best friends. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2015/2/4/wheres-berlins-venture-capital monthly 0.5 2015-02-04 https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2015/1/4/the-face-to-face monthly 0.5 2015-02-04 https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/tempelhofer-feld monthly 0.5 2019-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1400416668556-5QLTXAP1YA0GSVZOHAE1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tempelhofer Feld One of the runways at Tempelhofer Feld. When it was constructed, it was considered one of the most beautiful airports in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1400405400028-MUHX6PBFHUP6AWKK1SRC/tempelhof+1984.jpg Blog - Tempelhofer Feld Tempelhof Airport in 1984. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1400404078055-B1267IAE8XFF5FQYQ3VU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tempelhofer Feld Walking along one of the runways. Kite surfing on skateboards is one of the more popular activities at the airport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1400404218846-DKR16J13FOYK5VMUC8K5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tempelhofer Feld One edge of the main terminal building, with the radar tower on the right. Berlin's Fernsehturm is in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1400404970839-GM7HD9FE1Y5TTETPP8EL/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tempelhofer Feld An artist's conception of the project. The proposed housing projects are in white on the left, top, and right of the photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1400416323168-PHEW9YRLZ55LN41PNUSA/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tempelhofer Feld One of the taxiways at Tempelhofer Feld. The deeper into the park you walk, the more that the city fades into the distance. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/st-clemens-church-berlin monthly 0.5 2019-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397834703988-3SNZR55WRL0MJ25F9BIP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - St. Clemens Church The view from the street. St. Clemens Church in the foreground, with the youth hostel through the arches in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397834892506-ZQPY60JAN09D5E7MLMNK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - St. Clemens Church The Church building is still standing. The hostel is off to the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397835039332-2BMH9V04K1MKCCUO7BQC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - St. Clemens Church This part still looks very much like a Church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397835408949-XGBUA65L30ODNNF0IKDM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - St. Clemens Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397835447886-33PY1RVKVI2CS4ZSV0EG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - St. Clemens Church The old journeyman's housing complex has been reconfigured into a youth hostel. A nice little courtyard where visitors can relax. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397836439708-VE4YAS284GC2UBNQ9PK3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - St. Clemens Church The entryway, looking back towards the street. The exit back to Stresemanstr. is through the arches to the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397835525110-TKEULQPMLT1OD7BY36AA/DSC_0118.JPG Blog - St. Clemens Church A back entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397835880519-1S25Y1DQ4B8G8KEEB8DP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - St. Clemens Church St. Clemens Church, seen from around the corner. The building stands out in the area. Its architecture is really "churchy" compared to the other buildings in the immediate vicinity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397836310659-2156GDO1C3UNO3U7DW0V/image-asset.jpeg Blog - St. Clemens Church A cross above the entryway. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/amtsgericht-tempelhof-kreuzberg monthly 0.5 2019-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397810513057-9PG9ZPOURFFH5RQ77S85/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Amtsgericht Tempelhof-Kreuzberg The old section of the Amtsgericht Tempelhof-Kreuzberg. Möckernstraße 128-130. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397810873201-SRR5IFLPZGLGBGNJXSI1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Amtsgericht Tempelhof-Kreuzberg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397811004578-VRJ0LZ4CLNY5Z4P4AKF1/DSC_0069.JPG Blog - Amtsgericht Tempelhof-Kreuzberg Please forgive the glare. I'm a student, not a photographer! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397811162317-J12UUSMCPLM61FL8BZ4G/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Amtsgericht Tempelhof-Kreuzberg The joys of winter! A clear view of the building without those annoying leaves getting in the way. Source: Wikipedia Commons https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/berliner-zollmauer-customs-wall monthly 0.5 2019-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397811977219-7JOX40HMERHSYC2I9UYW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Berliner Zollmauer (Berlin Customs Wall) This is Berlin, and in Berlin if there is a wall, then somebody must paint it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397812217721-LF6EM5HK7AQRBJDXE4QN/image-asset.png Blog - Berliner Zollmauer (Berlin Customs Wall) The plan of the original Berlin Customs Wall. Impressive, but not as long as the 20th century Berlin Wall. Source: Wikipedia Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397812563099-882SJHNOTMF3DEFHAU2U/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Berliner Zollmauer (Berlin Customs Wall) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397812757648-G40DIYWQJYXLXMMOLQM5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Berliner Zollmauer (Berlin Customs Wall) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397812920076-ZB5T7P98EDATCXAGHTPY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Berliner Zollmauer (Berlin Customs Wall) The original foundation lies beneath a reconstruction from the 1980s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397813017056-7TDCYOA4OHRLCPWAL1PQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Berliner Zollmauer (Berlin Customs Wall) The Berlin Customs Wall. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/post-office-sw11 monthly 0.5 2019-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397657082285-M970QRJYGX1N2IXXRDW0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Post Office SW11 Beautifully restored 1930s-era building at the corner of Möckernstraße and Hallestraße. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397657452045-HIY06FJ74BHOJLZNYQFO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Post Office SW11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397657651940-SGBB6DVL8GX2AXHBIBAQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Post Office SW11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397657892547-L8B8W1OQHD4KWYSK1PZY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Post Office SW11 The Postbank building on Hallesches Ufer in Kreuzberg https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2014/4/16/the-hebbel-theater monthly 0.5 2014-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397650940998-2TLU5A0YNZ1A5K70J3RN/The+Hebbel+Theater+in+Kreuzberg. Blog - The Hebbel Theater The Hebbel Theater in Kreuzberg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397651091962-WSTH9E112CATA2LLRLW7/DSC_0140.JPG Blog - The Hebbel Theater The large glass windows on the theater's facade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397651426830-WAKX32DQ6U8JOHU6VGC0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Hebbel Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1397651488242-VH6KNGGXYKWSFZJO2SBE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Hebbel Theater The Hebbel Theater. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2014/1/22/glbcmam2ln84oy08j96dw8tbliziuy monthly 0.5 2014-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1390409669237-VPN4TVOR9H3PBWRETXE9/Rywa+Ian+hy.JPG Blog - hy!, how are you? There's me and one of my thesis project partners, Rywa. We're standing at the edge of the swimming pool. You can see the diving board behind us. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/hallesches-tor-berlin monthly 0.5 2019-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1386679426131-5PUX62B9M3ODWSOL25SE/Outside+Entrance+2.JPG Blog - Broken Pillars Remind Us of What Once Was A circular residential building. The complex consists of an inner circular building and then a series of outer buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1386679590885-4CHTDR94P8KHJ4E70RI2/Tall+Residential.JPG Blog - Broken Pillars Remind Us of What Once Was Another apartment tower. Not the prettiest thing you've ever seen, right? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1386680248468-23OLQNJHNH8VXRV1KBQU/Mehringplatz+1750.jpg Blog - Broken Pillars Remind Us of What Once Was Hallesches Tor and Mehringplatz in 1750, looking towards the south. Source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1386680833420-O42O0B2XZLL7CP85R661/Hallesches+Tor+1894.jpg Blog - Broken Pillars Remind Us of What Once Was Hallesches Tor in 1894. The gate has been replaced by an open street entryway. Source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1386681049186-IO5WKDE9PRAIKPBGZZ2E/Hallesches_Tor%2C_1901.jpg Blog - Broken Pillars Remind Us of What Once Was Hallesches Tor with the newly constructed train station. The station still exists, and is one of the oldest in the entire Berlin U-Bahn system. Source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1386681623539-RF6825AP3U0ZH8ATMN77/Entrance+with+Pillars.JPG Blog - Broken Pillars Remind Us of What Once Was Pillars that looked out of place. Were they made out of marble? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1386681770740-4FMX3A6UPXR9O9ZHTCP9/Hallesches+Tor+1916+-+bilderbuch-berlin.net.jpeg Blog - Broken Pillars Remind Us of What Once Was Notice the pink building in the middle of the illustration. In the foreground is the U-Bahn station. Source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1386683008516-0Z4QGTJT8K67MQJVG5VW/Inner+Park.JPG Blog - Broken Pillars Remind Us of What Once Was The park inside the ring of buildings. The memorial in the center is currently being refurbished. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2013/12/8/dont-hold-world-cups-in-developing-countries monthly 0.5 2014-04-16 https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2013/11/13/evptye7hes4ie6izpse148t5oz6n3p monthly 0.5 2013-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1384361155423-20FRMUYC1046DMHB536V/ETB+Logo.png Blog - English Theatre Berlin Wants Your Attention English Theatre Berlin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1384361464008-ORMEFZRN4TKM7R2MDT53/ETB+Stage+%28from+embassy%29.jpg Blog - English Theatre Berlin Wants Your Attention On stage at ETB. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1384361358012-I5ND2Y5KED2QPZTPU1IO/Echter+Berliner.png Blog - English Theatre Berlin Wants Your Attention "Real Berliners! If You're Not Fuck you!", the title of a recent ETB production. The title is based on graffitti spotted somewhere in the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1384361712517-1ISQ2DP0K571AIN8ZIGQ/ETB_ECHTER-BERLINER_Murat-DikenciDanielBrunetAriel-Nil-Levy_foto-by-Manuela-Schauerhammer.jpg Blog - English Theatre Berlin Wants Your Attention A scene from "Echter Berliner!!!! Ihr Nicht Fuck You". The production focuses on expatriate experiences in Berlin. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2013/10/29/i-love-tech-and-so-should-your-government monthly 0.5 2013-12-11 https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2013/10/15/berlins-music-industry-and-berlins-musicians monthly 0.5 2013-12-11 https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2013/10/9/berlin-leans-left-germany-turns-right monthly 0.5 2013-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1381313561762-4IDURLWJ15QUUB4A4U4C/German+Election+Results.png Blog - Berlin Leans Left, Germany Turns Right Blue regions are where the CDU and its sister party, the CSU, were the majority. Red regions were areas where the SPD won more votes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1381316241100-FB69PNOU77XDSFFTKFSU/Berlin+City+Results.png Blog - Berlin Leans Left, Germany Turns Right CDU is blue; SPD is red; Green is...green; Die Linke is Purple https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2013/10/7/8vw7sumbtam2wpa0zrxqnpsij207p4 monthly 0.5 2013-12-11 https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2013/9/10/dong-xuan-center monthly 0.5 2013-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1378817593151-B8UYQ51P0UIEJUABKRPA/DSC_0066.JPG Blog - Dong Xuan Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1378817827753-XPGF1SP7Z9ST88045FEH/DSC_0069.JPG Blog - Dong Xuan Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1378817710934-KMGBAIJ3J2IJZ09S0I8J/DSC_0071.JPG Blog - Dong Xuan Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1378817880258-MXERKO06R6N27F0JZ5W8/DSC_0072.JPG Blog - Dong Xuan Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1378817915581-1SN4LR8WPSBAKLH86QW4/DSC_0074.JPG Blog - Dong Xuan Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1378817989792-GBVGOT6SR10ORKE7O5MH/DSC_0076.JPG Blog - Dong Xuan Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1378818054022-PHWCYV0ULXP99IGIY8W0/DSC_0077.JPG Blog - Dong Xuan Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1378818109829-IZ51EYCO1PW96PQ9C12I/DSC_0078.JPG Blog - Dong Xuan Center https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2013/8/15/kr1rps1wwmko9xlumw9cv6w610k3hm monthly 0.5 2013-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1376552847939-4YBOK7R5961L3OKDZ000/Factory+from+Outside.JPG Blog - Berlin's Ice Factory and Berlin's Future The main factory building from the outside. Lots of painting, even along the roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1376553030255-BOUS5USM7J40FEUW8NPN/Graffiti+Wall.JPG Blog - Berlin's Ice Factory and Berlin's Future A lone graffiti artist preparing a new portrait. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1376553326826-47BOCZODIVQ6K5DWUV04/Interior+Machine.JPG Blog - Berlin's Ice Factory and Berlin's Future I assume this machine had something to do with making ice. I could be wrong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1376553880993-F7Z7MQ3QRMWP74GLGSWX/Interior1.JPG Blog - Berlin's Ice Factory and Berlin's Future Interior of the factory. The hole in the floor in the foreground appeared to be some sort of storage container. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1376553981777-R0PJXXKY2W2ZHL2R0TB1/Interior2.JPG Blog - Berlin's Ice Factory and Berlin's Future Staircase leading to the upper floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1376553655179-3N1B65B56NL7AGKYAUFN/Interior+Paint.JPG Blog - Berlin's Ice Factory and Berlin's Future Nearly every surface has been painted. There is some quality stuff, and not so quality stuff. Notice the clothes hanging in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1376556177908-Y75GZYG97WN30SHG0OU9/Interior3.JPG Blog - Berlin's Ice Factory and Berlin's Future The upper floor. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/rising-rents-and-violence monthly 0.5 2020-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1375704083059-9796CLMG5MEEW63UG555/Low+Rents.JPG Blog - Rising Rents and Violence "Mieten Runter", or "Low Rents" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1375704542362-BLKUMV6OWIECUGP03AXN/Whole+Building.JPG Blog - Rising Rents and Violence The new building. Note the paint on the upper floors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1375704626792-M6U5BHQ3DNACBE1NFRXV/Smashed+Windows2.JPG Blog - Rising Rents and Violence Smashed ground floor windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1375704717322-6616HFK0QE08ZBDR0T48/Hood+Defense.JPG Blog - Rising Rents and Violence Hood Defense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1375705266124-KDKPDE59VXTJRIIC4LMR/Paint2.JPG Blog - Rising Rents and Violence Painted walls, smashed windows. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/st-michaels-church monthly 0.5 2020-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1371500760056-U413TP747SN79OVCEXI9/Church+Full.JPG Blog - St. Michael's Church Wait a second...something doesn't look right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1371500865593-RYK0I4LWPSHD5SILTEZM/Church+Damage3.JPG Blog - St. Michael's Church The building is, to say the least, missing a few parts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1371501254290-9SIP12P308VYLF0F3TH6/Church+Damage2.JPG Blog - St. Michael's Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1371548493264-KR2I8M0Q90ZT6Y1T4FJT/Church+Damage4.JPG Blog - St. Michael's Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1371549111814-RI3A8V9MLSM3J6VO3JMK/Michaelskirche+1880.JPG Blog - St. Michael's Church St. Michael's Church in 1880, not long after completion. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/anhalter-banhof-berlin monthly 0.5 2020-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1369128963280-OTZKTQIZ9BW8C9EIU0RN/14+Anhalter+Facade.JPG Blog - Anhalter Bahnhof The remaining facade of the Anhalter Bahnhof. In the background you can see a sports field and the Berlin Tempodrom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1369129268202-OQ28NZLW7QQ3KL2R7XZH/01+Old+Bahnhof.jpg Blog - Anhalter Bahnhof The original facade and building. The remaining facade is the section right in the middle of the old photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1369129741640-PY8UD4MWGBMTRKEOMNMM/15+Anhalter+under+construction.jpg Blog - Anhalter Bahnhof You can understand the enormous scale of the station by looking at the men standing on the wall on the far side of the station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1369131194332-RQ1QYT202LZNGYPVJVB5/13+Anhalter+Facade.JPG Blog - Anhalter Bahnhof This is the facade from behind. As you can see, soccer fields were installed on the site of the train station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1369133806694-CUN5OH6G0MX8PV9DTT2C/12+Anhalter+Platforms.JPG Blog - Anhalter Bahnhof Passenger Platforms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1369133947763-CCYI0WUEEZW7087AM7AN/10+Anhalter+Platforms.JPG Blog - Anhalter Bahnhof https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1369134303862-QWDS7IB78TBDWYXPNGSQ/9+Anhalter+Platforms.JPG Blog - Anhalter Bahnhof https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1369134462657-IT7XUBKHN9LHKCOO555D/8+Rail+bridge.JPG Blog - Anhalter Bahnhof Footbridge over the Canal. The bridge is located where the old rail bridge used to be. You can see the U-1 train passing overhead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1369134565702-DVSRFU7AESNMOKUX2C0G/5+Gleisdreick+wooded+tracks.JPG Blog - Anhalter Bahnhof The tracks continue on the other side of the canal in Gleisdreieck Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1369135215963-M31S68X2E34AJGUKX785/2+Gleisdreick+tracks.JPG Blog - Anhalter Bahnhof https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/the-reichstag monthly 0.5 2019-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1366640527063-MM1GVWIBRF3ESI0MTUX7/Reichstag+Original.jpg Blog - The Reichstag A sketch of the original Reichstag building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1366640964873-C9NJN9INF6N5HI0UKLUW/Reichstag+1916.jpg Blog - The Reichstag You can see the phrase "Dem Deutschen Volke" on the front of the building, above the main entryway. This photo is from 1916, not long after the inscription was completed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1366641405874-KIJCYM450ICE28TH0IDA/Reichstag+1946.jpg Blog - The Reichstag Near total destruction. This photo was taken in 1946. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1366641559931-GDZ2QR9W8F31KFXMLAG7/Reichstag+Berlin+Wall.jpg Blog - The Reichstag The Reichstag was in West Germany. The Berlin Wall lies directly behind it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1366642090415-4PUQ0B09UCBQEZ2P1V4L/Reichstag+New.JPG Blog - The Reichstag https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1366642459799-2BXYLYORVR49R0BTXXAI/Reichstag+Closeup.JPG Blog - The Reichstag The German People. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2013/4/12/the-creative-industry-in-berlin monthly 0.5 2013-04-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1366018505572-JZIIAK426EY2ZRPOGJME/Flag.JPG Blog - The Creative Industry in Berlin The German Flag. This one flies above the Bundestag. https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2013/4/9/berlin-version-2013 monthly 0.5 2013-04-15 https://www.berlinlayers.com/blog/2013/4/7/begin-be-bold-and-venture-to-be-wise monthly 0.5 2013-04-07 https://www.berlinlayers.com/tours daily 0.75 2020-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1605518681442-316FUUCG4QYHGPMJD07S/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-M1203-316%2C_Berlin%2C_gesprengter_Bunker_im_Friedrichshain.jpg Tours https://www.berlinlayers.com/tours/berlin-customs-wall-bike-tour monthly 0.5 2020-11-18 https://www.berlinlayers.com/about daily 0.75 2019-03-26 https://www.berlinlayers.com/home daily 1.0 2019-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1552057481441-D5JX3INCQOUYDB0I3LX1/DSCN3662.JPG Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1552057694939-7KKKZLA2GTH5UFBRGA95/Memorial.JPG Home - THE Excursions Our excursions take you below the surface, exploring layers of Berlin’s history and culture. Not your typical city tour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1552057639228-IVYOC8U8CTHS9XWAX73U/Glass.JPG Home - The blog Learn more about Berlin’s layers by reading or contributing to the blog. We’ve also got a newsletter. https://www.berlinlayers.com/take-action daily 0.75 2020-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514f0422e4b04c6ad1850fb4/1552063360089-FB19R4HJ7O604MJF25D1/Screen+Shot+2019-03-08+at+17.42.01.png Take Action https://www.berlinlayers.com/impressum-1 daily 0.75 2020-11-12 https://www.berlinlayers.com/datenschutzerkaerung daily 0.75 2020-11-12