Starship Tunnels No More
Not far from Hermannplatz, the cusp of Kreuzberg and Neukölln, at Hasenheide 13, are two tunnels that lead to another
Read MoreNot far from Hermannplatz, the cusp of Kreuzberg and Neukölln, at Hasenheide 13, are two tunnels that lead to another
Read MoreThe images on the sarcophagi of the Treptower Park Soviet Memorial (Sowjetische Ehrenmal,1949) are idealised and classical, and very very
Read MoreIt’s a late summer day and we are riding our bikes around Dahlem, in the South of former West Berlin.
Read More“A man is first forgotten when his name is forgotten“. So explains Gunter Demnig, the Berliner artist behind the Stolpersteine,
Read MoreBerliners are not nostalgic. There is public outcry when architects propose to build in a nostalgic style (the re-construction of
Read More‘One of them grabs my wrists and jerks me along the corridor. Then the other is pulling as
Read MoreI feel it, don’t you? It’s like struggling against a fierce wind when you cross the Tiergarten west towards Zoo
Read MoreBerliners are used to there being a great space off-limits between Mitte and Wedding, hidden behind a wall. The
Read MoreLast weekend, Ackerkeller staged the last of its demolition parties and closed for good. Ackerkeller called itself Mitte’s living room.
Read MoreIt’s an abandoned brewery. You enter a gate, a waif-like woman lit by candlelight admits you, but gives no directions.
Read MoreDoppelkolbenpumpe. I was surprised I could find an online translation: double piston pump. Then what is one doing in a
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