[Leica] IMG: Berlin - some modern and inhuman architecture

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Hi Douglas,

I must agree with you on the train station, from what I see in your images. 
It would seem that someone decided to boost the business for escolators by 
installing as many as possible.

Your last image, "...lollypop", is very good.  Thanks for the taste of 
present-day Berlin.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp at gmx.de>
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Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 12:59 PM
Subject: [Leica] IMG: Berlin - some modern and inhuman architecture


> Hello all,
>
> some more shots of Berlin form the day after we met the Hoppies (GeofF
> and Bron Hopkinson from Australia).
>
> Mostly shot in rotten weather - it rained nearly all day - so they look
> better (IMO) in black and white.
>
> A stallholder on the Sunday fleamarket in the centre of Berlin
> resolutely waiting for the rain to stop
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9836.jpg.html
>
> Tiergarten S-Bahn station in the rain
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9841.jpg.html
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> The top level of the new station
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9843.jpg.html
>
> Inside the station
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9845.jpg.html
>
> The new station is incredibly modern, lots of metal and glass, and on
> four levels. My knees turn to jelly when I look over the balustrade to
> see the platforms of the lowest level about 40 metres below.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9847.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9849.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9850-Edit.jpg.html
>
> A most confusing place, if you are in a hurry to catch a train you have
> no chance of finding out where it is, but at least you can watch it
> leaving without you
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9851-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Almost on the ground floor that leads out to the River Spree and the
> federal government quarter
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9854.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9856.jpg.html
>
> I get the impression it wasn't built for people - the perspectives are
> somehow alien and the lighting is all wrong,
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9858-Edit.jpg.html
>
> and trains coming in over your head don't make it better
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9859.jpg.html
>
> It even looks threatening from outside
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9872.jpg.html
>
> The neighbourhood is pretty desolate too
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9880.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9882.jpg.html
>
> But, sometimes, you get a touch of the old fashioned like this,
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9886.jpg.html
>
> and a view across to the East German lollipop on Alexander Platz
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9890.jpg.html
>
> Cheers
> Douglas
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