Seeing Red
Posted on March 30, 2009 - Filed Under Berlin, München | 3 Comments
I noticed recently that I seem to be attracted to ‘red buildings’. I’m not sure if it’s because there are just more red buildings about these days - or if I’m subconsciously attracted to them. There is probably a reason why I am - perhaps my ‘inner rage’ looking for a way to express itself […]
Read More..>>Preparing for the S21
Posted on March 28, 2009 - Filed Under Berlin, S-Bahn, Transport | Leave a Comment
One of the main complaints made about Berlin’s new Central Station (Hauptbahnhof) when it opened in May 2006, was it’s lack of connections into the rest of the city’s transport system (It is served by the East - West S-Bahn Stadtbahn route). Currently three projects are planned, but completion still appears to be something […]
Read More..>>Neu-Westend, Brixplatz - Then and now
Posted on March 24, 2009 - Filed Under Berlin, Buses, Then and now, Transport | Leave a Comment
Brixplatz, formerly known as Sachsenplatz, named after the architect Josef Brix 1859-1943 on 31 July 1947, is the terminus of today’s BVG bus route 104. It is part of the early 1920s development along Reichsstraße, which had begun in 1909, co-inciding with the extension of the U-Bahn to what later became Olympia Stadion station. All […]
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