Around and About Berlin - U-Bhf Konstanzer Straße
Posted on November 29, 2009 - Filed Under Around & About Berlin, Berlin, Transport, U-Bahn | Leave a Comment
Konstanzer Straße is one of my favourite Berlin Underground stations. Opened on 28 April 1978 as part of the extension of ‘Linie 7′ (now known as U7) from Fehrbelliner Platz to Richard-Wagner Platz. The design of the tiled wall decoration seems to have stood the test of time well. Something that many other ‘overstyled’ Berliner […]
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Posted on November 28, 2009 - Filed Under Around & About Berlin, Berlin | 1 Comment
Every year, many people who consider themselves to be ‘Champions of the environment’, get rather uncomfortable when it comes to recycling their Christmas Trees once the festivities are over.
A Berliner artist has taken these thoughts to heart and come up with a Christmas Tree made up of junk - what might be called a recycled […]
22 November 1963 - JFK Assassinated
Posted on November 22, 2009 - Filed Under Around & About Berlin | Leave a Comment
Forty-Six years ago today, John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Five months previously in June 1963, Kennedy had visited West Berlin, making his famous ‘Ich bin ein Berliner speech’ at Rathaus Schöneberg.
Looking through my collection recently, I noticed that I have some stamped ‘covers’ that date from that period.
This autographed card showing Kennedy […]
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