Berlin TV Tower, Sneakers, Street Lamp - Photo: T.Bortels/nuberlin.com
The Berlin TV Tower on an almost sunny day – in the foreground a typical East Berlin street lamp and a pair of sneakers hanging from a wire that holds the power cables of the Tram line 12 near Zionskirchplatz.
One of Berlin’s most important water roads, the Landwehrkanal just turned 165. A good reason to compile a few historical photos of the canal. See also: Color Footage from Pre War Berlin (1936) Berlin City Palace – historical and current photos Read on: “Landwehr Canal” at en.wikipedia.org
Today 54 years ago people of Berlin woke up in a divided city. In the early morning hours East German border police had secured the border line between the East and West Berlin sector and workers had begun zu build the actual wall. I took the opportunity to update the Berlin Wall page of nuBerlin […]