Empty Place.... by billcody
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Dear friends,
I took this pic here to round off the things a little bit:
This is the place where I took all the carnival pics, this street corner here...my POV!
This is more then 6 weeks ago. This pic shows the same place at normal times. If you have a look at the carnival pics, you can see these fine old houses in the background.
Remembering some of my old pics here were I showed some of these old fine corner`s houses Berlin was famous for?
This pic shows the results of World War II:
Once there was a fine old palace at the corner, fine as the others. It was destroyed in the last 14 days of WW II in the "Battle of Berlin" between Hitlers last defenders and the tanks of the Soviet Red Army....
Later they replaced a new building at the corner - this ugly white cubus called "house" that you could see here. Far right you can see the dark brickstone wall of the neighbor`s house, masked by Efeu plants......
Is there a helping hand calling a bulldozer to smash this "building" away?
At first came bomber fleets and tanks and ruined the city, later the modern architects and the planning commissions - they destroyed so much more....
Hundreds of street corners were so "transformed" into something new, without an eyecatcher and faceless.
Thanks for your interest and your comments, they are always wellcome.
And: Behind this fine old houses in the middle there is a beautiful backyard! Your eyes will popping out next week! Pics are in the pipe and coming soon.
Bye till the evening billcody
Comments (12)
artaddict2
Great capture showing after the event and everyone gets back to normal routine of getting on with their daily lives. As for buildings it happens everywhere, here in the UK they throw up less extravagant architecture and a decade or so later they wonder who thought of building such monstrosities.
Hendesse
Wunderschöne Farben, Licht und hervorragende Details. Interessant, mal ein paar andere Ecken von Berlin zu sehen.
JeffG7BRJ
World War II. The war to end all wars? I think not, humankind will never learn Wolfgang, all the time fighting goes on, I think I know how you feel. This image though shows what a change is made from one day to the next, all the fun and colour of the Festival has gone, and the normal life goes on for a shot while. It will now be long before something else comes along to change this area for a moment. Wether it be a thunderstorm or a fire engine dashing through the intersection, life moves forever on. A great contrast to a couple of weeks ago Wolfgang, and an even greater one to 60 years ago. A wonderful image and narrative that makes you stop and think on things, of how things are and how they used to be, a moving image. Excellent work and profound words. Bravo!!!!!
Fidelity2
Your image is very nice. 5+.
jeroni
Excellent shot, fantastic details and beautiful light, my friend, no te enfades si ganamos mañana nosotros a Alemania
durleybeachbum
Very interesting to see this and read your words.
KarmaSong
Very nice view and interesting information about it. Every city in Western Europe bears the scars of WW2, unfortunately and Berlin even more, I think.
danob
Thanks those carnivals are a real treat and great to see this view, look forward to the treat in store
kahun.hida
見知らぬ世界の、見知らぬ街角！！！ こんな写真をいっぱい見たいです。
RobyHermida
very nice
BessieB
Normality resumes, thanks for background and the lovely series that preceded this capture
Konnitiva
Is there near the Maobit street? I used to "spazieren" over there, as I mean, for 3 yars agou. I'm sorry for my english ( It's not may language). I like your pictures very much. I love Berlin. It's the one of the most beautiful cities I ever seen.