Did you know that between the 1890s and the late 1920s Berlin had over 50 large professional film studios and that those would be only the registered ones – there were … Continue reading ![]()
DID YOU KNOW THAT ABOUT BERLIN: HERR MESSTER AND THE MOVING PICTURES
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YOU ARE HERE: U-BAHNHOF ORANIENPLATZ
This photo shows the construction works on the new – and never opened – underground station Oranienplatz in Berlin-Kreuzberg. The place was later used as a substation for the city power … Continue reading ![]()
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TODAY IN BERLIN: NOVEMBER 27th – BELLE-ALLIANCE-STRASSE
Mehringdamm, one of the best known and busiest streets of Berlin and Berlin-Kreuzberg is also one of the very few streets in this city with 99% of its numbers belonging … Continue reading ![]()
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SPOTTED IN BERLIN: KARSTADT AM HERMANNPLATZ, KREUZBERG
Filed under: architecture, architecture in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Berlin-Kreuzberg, Kreuzberg, Kreuzberg 61, Photography, SPOTTED IN PASSING, WEST BERLIN, YOU ARE HERE Tagged: Berlin, Berlin-Kreuzberg, Hermannplatz, history, history of kreuzberg, Karstadt, Kreuzberg, … Continue reading ![]()
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YOU ARE HERE: U-BAHNHOF HERMANNPLATZ
The underground station Hermannplatz in Berlin – Kreuzberg (the U7 line) was designed by Alfred Grenander and Alfred Fehse, it opened on April 11th, 1926. The line U8, placed … Continue reading ![]()
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TODAY IN BERLIN: DECEMBER 3rd – GENERAL PFUEL AND HIS SWIMMING SCHOOL
On December 3rd, 1866, a cold and damp Berlin winter day, the country and the king were in mourning: General Ernst von Pfuel was dead. Gone was the man who … Continue reading ![]()
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DID YOU KNOW THAT ABOUT BERLIN?
BERLIN PRESS IN THE 1920s Did you know that in December 1926 Berlin´s newsagents offered their customers as many as 147 newspapers – 120 of them dailies! – and 2,486 … Continue reading ![]()
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ZEITUNGSVIERTEL BERLIN: THE MAIN PUBLISHING HOUSES
The photos below present the three main press houses in Berlin in the pre-WW2 Berlin, with Mossehaus in both its old (built 1901-1903 by Wolfenstein & Kremer) and the new … Continue reading ![]()
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YOU ARE HERE: VIKTORIAPARK IN BERLIN-KREUZBERG
Here are Berlin´s fourth oldest City park, Viktoriapark in Berlin-Kreuzberg and the National Memorial on top of the Kreuzberg hill around which the park was built, in the last decade of the 19th century. … Continue reading ![]()
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TODAY IN BERLIN: DECEMBER 13th, 1980 – THE BATTLE OF FRAENKELUFER
There are several events in the modern history of Kreuzberg which can be described as true milestones: the occupation of Bethanien Krankenhaus in 1971 (this beautiful old hospital by Theodor Stein … Continue reading ![]()
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DID YOU KNOW THAT ABOUT BERLIN: KARSTADT AM HERMANNPLATZ
Did you know that when finished in June 1929 Karstadt am Hermannplatz was the largest department store in Europe? In matters of construction, size, engineering of the building as well … Continue reading ![]()
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THE UNDERGROUND HERMANNPLATZ
Even though it obviously changed a lot since 1929, Hermannplatz still presents itself quite impressive above the ground, However, it is its underground self that truly makes a difference. Here … Continue reading ![]()
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YOU ARE HERE: WASCH- UND PLATTENANSTALT R. RÜDIGER
After a bit of research in the historic Berlin directories (available online on the Zentral Landesbibliothek web page), we were able to establish the address of Herr Rüdiger´s cleaning and … Continue reading ![]()
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YOU ARE HERE: STRESEMANNSTRASSE AROUND 1945
Life among ruins somewhere in Saarlandstrasse (since 1947 known as Stresemannstrasse), possibly at No. 18, in Berlin – Kreuzberg after the end of WW2. One did with what one had and … Continue reading ![]()
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CRUISING WITH NO BRUISING – THE TOUR OF WEST KREUZBERG NEXT SUNDAY
Dear Readers, it´s wet mid-January and the elements might be against us but we are determined not to allow the external circumstances dampen our spirits and shall open the next, … Continue reading ![]()
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YOU ARE HERE: WRANGELBRUNNEN
In life, like in offshore tax evasion, nothing should be taken for granted. Not even architecture. For instance: what you pass on your daily way to work (or leisure) and … Continue reading ![]()
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CAFÉ ACHTECK
The “Café Octagon” is a Berlin classic; a green cast-iron public toilet or rather pissoir (for men only) dating back to 1878 and with an official name of “Model Waidmannslust”. … Continue reading ![]()
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DIY FOR BERLIN-FANS
Since many Berliners and Berlin-fans seem to miss the good old “Cafes Achteck” for both sentimental and practical reasons, this is where they could seek possible comfort. Presented by John-H, … Continue reading ![]()
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YOU ARE HERE: AROUND THE OLD ANHALTER BAHNHOF
This aerial photo of Anhalter Bahnhof in Berlin-Kreuzberg and close to today´s Potsdamer Platz was taken some time in the 1920s. Since neither the Europahaus nor the Deutschlandhaus, two important buildings … Continue reading ![]()
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BERLIN IN 1880: ANHALTER BAHNHOF
Upon its opening in 1880, Franz Schwechten´s magnificent building was the biggest railway station in Europe. With the steel roof construction for the main hall planned by Heinrich Seidel (an … Continue reading ![]()
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