Deutsches Theater

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Deutsches Theater
Schumannstraße
Berlin, September 2011

“The Deutsches Theater is a theater in Berlin, Germany. It was built in 1850 as Friedrich-Wilhelm-Städtisches Theater, after Frederick William IV of Prussia. Located on Schumann Street (Schumannstraße), the Deutsches Theater consists of two adjoining stages that share a common, classical facade. The main stage was built in 1850, originally for operettas. Adolf L'Arronge founded the Deutsches Theater in 1883 with the ambition of providing Berliners with a high-quality ensemble-based repertory company on the model of the German court theater, the Meiningen Ensemble, which had been developed by Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and his colleagues to become "the most widely admired and imitated company in Europe", thanks to its historically accurate sets and costumes, vividly-realized crowd scenes, and meticulous directorial control. Otto Brahm, the leading exponent of theatrical Naturalism in Germany, took over the direction of the theater in 1894, and applied that approach to a combination of classical productions and stagings of the work of the new realistic playwrights. One of Brahm's ensemble, the legendary theater director Max Reinhardt, took over the directorship in 1904. Under his leadership, it acquired a reputation as one of the most significant theaters in the world. In 1905, he founded a theater school and built a chamber theater. Reinhardt remained the artistic director of the theater until he fled Nazi Germany in 1933. The Deutsches Theater remains one of the most prominent companies in Berlin.” (Deutsches Theater, Wikipedia)

Haus am Checkpoint Charlie

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Haus am Checkpoint Charlie
Friedrichstraße
Berlin, September 2011

“The Haus am Checkpoint Charlie Museum is one of a kind. A Berlin institution, there is simply no other museum quite like it as a chronicle of the Cold War Years and the extraordinary and highly ingenious escape attempts made by GDR citizens to reach the West. Checkpoint Charlie, along with Glienicker Brücke (Glienicker Bridge) was the best known border-crossing of the Cold War days. Its famous sign "You are now leaving the American sector" situated here became one of the iconic images of political and territorial division marked by the Berlin Wall and can now be seen exhibited in the museum. The Museum first started as an exhibition on the Berlin Wall, on October 19, 1962 in an a small two-room apartement on the Bernauer Straße, one of the Berlin streets divided into east and west by the Wall. The Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie opened on June 14, 1963, as the vision stemming from its freedom-fighter founder and director Reiner….who died in 2004. Ideally located next to the border-crossing from where the toing and froing next to the border could be observed. Throughout the years it was constantly extended in its effort to chronicle the historical and political milestones which the divided city was experiencing including the confrontation between the Soviet and US tanks at Checkpoint Charlie in 1961. Many of the exhibits which can be seen in the museum resulted from the solidarity shown to escapees such as the hot-air balloons, the escape vehicles with special concealments, and the one-man submarine. Part of the exhibition is devoted to the great heroes of our times and to non-violent action and the days when political dissidents fought against the risk of being incarcerated as prisoners of conscience. Other impressive acquisitions include the Charta 77 typewriter, Elena Bonner’s ‘death mask’ of Andrei Sacharov and Mahatma Ghandi’s diary.” (Haus am Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin.de)

Die Gebrüder Jakob

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“Die Gebrüder Jakob” (The Jakob brothers) by Albrecht Klink, 2004
Alte Jakobstraße, Kreuzberg
Berlin, September 2011

“Who was Jacob? Not much is known about the namesake of the street. Jacob presumably owned a property on this street, perhaps even the street itself, which was initially simply called Jacob's Street, later (1778) renamed Old Jacob Street. Whether there was also a ‘New Jacob’, as the extension of the street is called today, remains open to the imagination, whose freedom the sculptor has taken advantage of: That is why there are now two Jacobs, a pair of brothers who seem to get along well and who stand slyly smiling above things and yet in the midst of life.” (Die Gebrüder Jakob, Bildhauerei in Berlin)

Flucht aus der Zeit

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“Flucht aus der Zeit” (Escape from Time) by Rolf Szymanski, 1992–2004
Alte Jakobstraße, Kreuzberg
Berlin, September 2011

“The sculpture ‘Flucht aus der Zeit’ (Escape from Time) is a work by the German sculptor Rolf Szymanski, referencing the Dadaist Hugo Ball's essay of the same name, Escape from Time (1927). It stands on Alte Jakobstraße in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin, in front of Café Dix, which belongs to the Berlinische Galerie. It is part of an eleven-part exhibition entitled ‘Kunst – Stadt – Raum’ (Art – City – Space) by the Berlinische Galerie, which is on display in public space.” (Flucht aus der Zeit, Wikipedia)

Schlesisches Tor

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Clock, Schlesisches Tor U-Bahn station
Oppelner Straße, Kreuzberg
Berlin, September 2011

“The station is located in eastern Kreuzberg, near Oberbaumbrücke, in the Bohemian quarter commonly known as SO36 (named after its former postal code). The station is named after one of the former city gates of Berlin, built in the early 18th century; the road that ran through it led southeastward to the province of Silesia. The exceptionally richly designed station opened on 18 February 1902, on the first U-Bahn line erected by the Siemens & Halske company (the Stammstrecke). On 11/12 March 1945, this station was directly hit, and the track area was severely damaged. During the division of Berlin after 13 August 1961, the station was the eastern terminus of the U1, as the final station, Warschauer Straße, was in East Berlin. The link was reopened in 1995. An intermediate station at the Spree river, Stralauer Tor, had been destroyed in 1945 and never reopened. Schlesisches Tor was an atmospheric location in the 1966 espionage film The Quiller Memorandum, starring George Segal and Alec Guinness.” (Schlesisches Tor, Wikipedia)

Klingende Blume

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“Klingende Blume” by Achim Kühn, 1985
Puschkinallee, Alt-Treptow
Berlin, September 2011

Die Waschmaschine

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‘Die Waschmaschine’ (The washing machine)
Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus by Stephan Braunfels, 2003
Adele-Schreiber-Krieger-Straße
Berlin, September 2011

“The scientific service centre of the German Parliament is directly on the Spree. This new building, inaugurated in 2003, owes its name to the social politician and women's rights campaigner Marie Elisabeth Lüders. Alongside the Parliamentary Library and specialist scientific service providers it also accommodates a Wall memorial open to the public. Parts of the Berlin Wall have been rebuilt here to commemorate the division of the city along the former route of the Wall. Together with the Federal Chancellory and Paul-Löbe-House, Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders House also forms part of ‘Federal Row’, an architectural symbol of German unity.” (Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders House, Berlin.de)

Herschel & Gretel

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“Herschel & Gretel” by Victor Kégli, 2001
Jüdisches Museum Berlin (Jewish Museum Berlin)
Lindenstraße
Berlin, September 2011

Eastern Comfort Hostel Boat

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Eastern Comfort Hostel Boat car
Mühlenstraße
Berlin, September 2011

Alte Feuerwache

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Alte Feuerwache (Old Fire Station)
Bernburger Straße
Berlin, September 2011

“‘Alte Feuerwache’ (Old Fire Station) at Bernburger Strasse 35 in Berlin-Kreuzberg. The place is as a meeting place for 10-14 year old boys and girls, run by ‘Alte Feuerwache e.V.’ as part of their social youth work activites.” (Alte Feuerwache, Wikipedia)

Neues Anhalter Tor

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Neues Anhalter Tor (New Anhalter Gate)
Entrance portal of the Anhalter Bahnhof
Askanischer Platz
Berlin, September 2011

“Due to its location, the Soviets switched all remaining trains to the Ostbahnhof in the Russian sector on 17 May 1952. With no services, the Anhalter Bahnhof was closed. Although detailed plans and an architect's model were drawn up to build a vast modern terminus on the site, nothing happened. After lying derelict for more than eight years, with some tracks and signals still in situ, demolition was begun on 25 August 1960 and completed by 27 August despite considerable public outcry. Part of the centre portion of the façade was allowed to remain standing.” (Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof, Wikipedia)

Acanthus leaves

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Acanthus leaves fountain
Hausvogteiplatz
Berlin, September 2011

Haus zur Berolina

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Clock on the Haus zur Berolina
Hausvogteiplatz
Berlin, September 2011

To Break the Wall

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“To Break the Wall” by Georgi Tschapkanow, 2006
Embassy of Bulgaria
Leipziger Straße / Mauerstraße
Berlin, September 2011

Arkaden

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Potsdamer Platz Arkaden
Eichhornstraße
Berlin, September 2011

“From 2022, the Potsdamer Platz Arkaden will offer a completely new shopping experience after extensive renovation work. The plan is to have 90 shops in six theme worlds ranging from fashion and lifestyle to sports and technology. There will also be a name change: The Playce.” (The Playce, Berlin.de)

Galileo

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“Galileo” by Mark di Suvero, 1996
Theaterufer, Tiergarten
Berlin, September 2011

Riding Bikes

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“Riding Bikes” by Robert Rauschenberg, 1998
Fontaneplatz
Berlin, September 2011

Torarolle

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“Torarolle” (Torah scroll) by Richard Heß, 1987
Jüdisches Gemeindehaus (Jewish Community Center)
Fasanenstraße, Charlottenburg
Berlin, September 2011

Alexa

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“Alexa” by Mirko Siakkou-Flodin, 2007
Alexa Shopping Center
Grunerstraße
Berlin, September 2011

Zoofenster

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Zoofenster by Christoph Mäckler, 2013
Seen from Budapester Straße
Berlin, September 2011