Then and now: Nürnberger Straße

Posted on April 7, 2012 - Filed Under Berlin, Berliners, Then and now | 1 Comment

Nice comparison shots of Nürnberger Straße at the corner with Tauentzienstraße, showing the Woolworth store building, which although burnt out in the allied air raids of November 1943, survived until the 1950s, when the site was developed with a new Woolworth store. In turn, that 1950s store survived until the 1990s.

A street vendor selling toys […]

Berlin Snapshot: Bomb Disposal at Breitscheidplatz

Posted on August 11, 2011 - Filed Under Berlin, Berlin Snapshot, Berliners, S-Bahn, Transport | Leave a Comment

A 100 kilo Russian bomb was found during building work behind the Bikini-Haus yesterday. It was decided to wait until this evening to make it safe, as an area of about 250m radius needed to be cleared. And that, right in the centre of Berlin’s City-West. All went well and the bomb was made safe.

All […]

Berlin Snapshot: Musicians

Posted on August 6, 2011 - Filed Under Berlin, Berlin Snapshot, Berliners, Music | 2 Comments

©IsarSteve 2011 - All images my copyright

Then and now: Charlottenstraße, Französische Straße

Posted on July 12, 2011 - Filed Under Berlin, Berliners, Then and now, Trams, Transport | Leave a Comment

Eighty years, a world war, a defeat and the division and re-unification of Berlin separate these photos. The junction of Charlottenstraße and Französische Straße seen at lunchtime in 1931 and 2011.

Running parallel to Friedrichstraße, Charlottenstraße was, pre-1945, the main North-South tramway route in the centre of Berlin. Friedrichstraße itself was considered ‘too important’ for trams […]

Berlin Snapshot: Chess

Posted on July 7, 2011 - Filed Under Berlin Snapshot, Berliners | Leave a Comment

The current warm weather is ideal for spending as much time outside as possible..
A game of chess in the middle of traffic island, doesn’t sound much fun.. but was just right for today’s temperatures, with them nudging up to the top of the 20°Cs. This weekend will see further summer weather in Berlin with the […]

Berlin in Motion: Hey You!

Posted on July 1, 2011 - Filed Under Berlin in Motion, Berliners | Leave a Comment

What song are you listening to? Berliners disclose their current fave music tracks.. or at least what they are listening to… with a typically Berlin background.
Thanks from IsarSteve to nerdgefluester

Berlin Snapshot: Imbiss Eating

Posted on March 11, 2011 - Filed Under Berlin, Berlin Snapshot, Berliners | Leave a Comment

Berlin has an enormous selection of Imbiss, places on the street to eat or to take away snacks. The most popular takeaway is the currywurst. A Berlin original, which appeared in 1949, when Herta Heuwer from Charlottenburg started selling sausages covered in chillup-sauce®, a sauce containing tomato paste, curry powder and worcester sauce, which she […]

Then and now: Jüdenhof, Jüdenstraße

Posted on November 14, 2010 - Filed Under Berlin, Berliners, Then and now | Leave a Comment

These photos from around 1932 come from a collection of three photograph albums that I found discarded in a junk shop in 1991 and which have subsequently turned out to be real gems. Since about 2008 and with help from Felix and Karena, friends I made on flickr internet site, I have been able to […]

Berlin Snapshot: Reality Check

Posted on November 12, 2010 - Filed Under Berlin, Berlin Snapshot, Berliners | Leave a Comment

This dog was really intent on doing his duty. I guess the two guys here had already realised that he could rake in more money than they ever could. A really handsome looking dog.

Then and now: Sonne - Gertrud Droste 1931

Posted on October 23, 2010 - Filed Under Berliners, Then and now | Leave a Comment

Perhaps someone can help me out identifying the location of this photograph. Taken in what looks like the end of winter, I would say it dates from about 1931/32. The background is typical late 1920s style Social Housing and is most probably Berlin, well at least I hope it is!

The ‘Sun-Head’ is also intriguing. Who […]

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