Der Rattenfänger (The Pied Piper) by Emil Hub, 1925
Braubachstraße
Frankfurt, October 2002
Sunday, February 29, 2004
Der Rattenfänger
Der Rattenfänger (The Pied Piper) by Emil Hub, 1925
Braubachstraße
Frankfurt, October 2002
Saturday, February 28, 2004
Friday, February 27, 2004
Three Pilgrims
“Drei Pilger” (Three Pilgrims)
by Franziska Lenz-Gerharz
Leonhardskirchhof
Frankfurt, October 2002
Thursday, February 26, 2004
Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Monday, February 23, 2004
Sunday, February 22, 2004
Saturday, February 21, 2004
Friday, February 20, 2004
Thursday, February 19, 2004
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Theater am Turm
TAT, Theater am Turm (Theater at the Tower)
Bockenheimer Depot
Bockenheimer Warte
Frankfurt, October 2002
Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Bockenheimer Warte
Bockenheimer Warte (Watch tower), 1435
Bockenheimer Landstraße
Frankfurt, October 2002
Monday, February 16, 2004
Mann in Drehtür
Mann in Drehtür (Man in Revolving Door) by Waldemar Otto, 1986
Bockenheimer Warte
Frankfurt, October 2002
“Waldemar Otto's bronze Man in a Revolving Door has stood in front of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University at Bockenheimer Warte since 1986. On market days, the sculpture is surrounded by vegetable stalls, shoppers and students hurrying to their seminars. The two male bronze figures are separated from each other by a brass plate that prevents any communication. So here are two larger-than-life figures standing close together and yet not meeting.” (Mann in Drehtür, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Frankfurt)
Sunday, February 15, 2004
Bockenheimer Warte U-Bahn
Bockenheimer Warte U-Bahn station
Senckenberganlage
Frankfurt, October 2002
Saturday, February 14, 2004
Friday, February 13, 2004
Thursday, February 12, 2004
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Monday, February 9, 2004
Westend Gate
Westend Gate (Plaza Büro Center), 1976
Hamburger Allee
Frankfurt, October 2002
“Westend Gate, formerly known as Plaza Büro Center, is a 47-storey, 159 m (522 ft) skyscraper in the Westend-Süd district of Frankfurt, Germany. It was the tallest building in Germany from 1976 until 1978 when it was surpassed by the Silberturm, which is also located in Frankfurt. The Westend Gate is located just across the street from the Frankfurt Trade Fair grounds and near the Naturmuseum Senckenberg and the Bockenheim Campus of the Goethe University Frankfurt. The structure consists of 2 slabs plus a narrow wing attached to the east side. It was renamed Westend Gate in 2011, when it was completely renovated as a green building. The lower half of the tower contains offices, while floors 26-44 are a hotel, originally the CP Frankfurt Plaza Hotel, known since 1989 as the Frankfurt Marriott.” (Westend Gate, Wikipedia)
Sunday, February 8, 2004
Hammering Man
Hammering Man by Jonathan Borofsky, 1990
Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage, Westend-Süd
Frankfurt, October 2002
“Hammering Man is a series of monumental kinetic sculptures by Jonathan Borofsky. The two-dimensional painted steel sculptures were designed at different scales (from approximately 12 feet to 49 feet high), were painted black, and depict a man with a motorized arm and hammer movement to symbolize workers throughout the world. They were structurally engineered by Leslie E. Robertson Associates (LERA). The Hammering Man sculpture in Frankfurt, Germany is 21 metres (68.9 ft) tall and was commissioned in 1990, for the new Messeturm (exhibition tower) building at the Frankfurt Trade Fair. An unofficial 6 ft tall copy of the Hammering Man appeared in Frankfurt in the 1990s in the Hülya-Platz (in the district Bockenheim). It was donated by a citizen's group against neo-nazism to commemorate the Solingen arson attack of 1993, and its hammer was designed with a hand crank that demolished a swastika emblem. This stealth sculpture was often vandalized and in April 2007 it was removed and scrapped after becoming so badly damaged and corroded that it was considered a danger for public safety. It was later replaced by a successor.” (Hammering Man, Wikipedia)
Saturday, February 7, 2004
Pollux
Pollux (Forum Frankfurt), 1997
Platz der Einheit, Gallus
Frankfurt, October 2002
“Kastor und Pollux, also known as Forum Frankfurt, are two high rise buildings in the Gallus district of Frankfurt, Germany. The towers are located at Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage next to the Frankfurt Trade Fair grounds, between the Messeturm and the Tower 185. The towers were constructed between 1994 and 1997. It was designed by New York architects Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. The unequal twin towers were named after the Dioscuri in Greek mythology, Castor and Pollux. The taller tower, named after the semi-god Pollux, rises to a height of 130 metres and has 33 storeys and comprises approximately 31,500 m2 (339,000 sq ft) of space. The main tenant, Commerzbank, occupies 24 floors. The shorter tower named after the mortal Kastor measures 95 meters over 22 floors and offers 28,800 m2 (310,000 sq ft) of office space.” (Kastor und Pollux, Wikipedia)
Friday, February 6, 2004
Eurotower
Eurotower by Richard Heil, 1977
Kaiserstraße, Innenstadt
Frankfurt, October 2002
“Eurotower is a 40-storey, 148 m (486 ft) skyscraper in the Innenstadt district of Frankfurt, Germany. The building served as the seat of the European Central Bank (ECB) until 18 March 2015, at which point it was officially replaced by a new purpose-built building. It now hosts the European Central Bank's Single Supervisory Mechanism. The building is located at Willy-Brandt-Platz in Frankfurt's central business district, the Bankenviertel, opposite to the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt. Right next to the building is an underground U-Bahn station and an above-ground tram station. The tower was designed by architect Richard Heil and was built between 1971 and 1977. The first main tenant was the Bank für Gemeinwirtschaft. The building was later used by the European Monetary Institute, the forerunner of the European Central Bank that was established in 1998. Until 2013, a club/restaurant called Living XXL was situated in the basement. Because of the limited space in the Eurotower the personnel of the ECB were also (up to March 2015) distributed between two other skyscrapers in the Bankenviertel, the Eurotheum and Neue Mainzer Straße 32-36. This was considered less than optimal, so in the late 1990s the ECB began a process to have a new seat built on a site in the eastern part of Frankfurt. This was originally envisaged to bring together all the bank's personnel in one place, however with the increase in the ECB's responsibilities with the EU Single Supervisory Mechanism, the ECB will retain its presence in the Eurotower after its refurbishment. Construction of the new tower started in 2008 and was completed in late 2014. In November of that year bank personnel started to transfer from the Eurotower to their new offices at the Seat.” (Eurotower, Wikipedia)
Thursday, February 5, 2004
Wednesday, February 4, 2004
Exotarium
Exotarium
Zoologischer Garten Frankfurt (Frankfurt Zoological Garden)
Bernhard-Grzimek-Allee
Frankfurt, October 2002
Tuesday, February 3, 2004
Two Penguins
“Zwei Pinguine” (Two Penguins) by August Gaul
Zoologischer Garten (Zoological Garden)
Bernhard-Grzimek-Allee
Frankfurt, October 2002
Monday, February 2, 2004
Bactrian camel
Bactrian camel
Zoologischer Garten Frankfurt (Frankfurt Zoological Garden)
Bernhard-Grzimek-Allee
Frankfurt, October 2002
“The Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus), also known as the Mongolian camel or domestic Bactrian camel, is a large even-toed ungulate native to the steppes of Central Asia. It has two humps on its back, in contrast to the single-humped dromedary camel. Its population of two million exists mainly in the domesticated form. Their name comes from the ancient historical region of Bactria. Domesticated Bactrian camels have served as pack animals in inner Asia since ancient times. With its tolerance for cold, drought, and high altitudes, it enabled the travel of caravans on the Silk Road. Bactrian camels, whether domesticated or feral, are a separate species from the wild Bactrian camel, which is the only truly wild (as opposed to feral) species of camel in the world.” (Bactrian camel, Wikipedia)
Sunday, February 1, 2004
Red tree
Red tree
Zoologischer Garten Frankfurt (Frankfurt Zoological Garden)
Bernhard-Grzimek-Allee
Frankfurt, October 2002
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