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Hi, I am Sig (junge1),
I was born in Dominikus- Krankenhaus in Berlin-Hermsdorf, Bezirk Reinickendorf in December 1939. Bezirk Reinickendorf was one of 20 Bezirke that made up Gross-Berlin before World War II and one of 12 Bezirke that made up former West-Berlin, the other 8 Bezirke were Russian occupied and became East-Berlin after the war. Moved from Berlin to Neurohlau (Nova Role) Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), in August 1943 (our entire block of apartment buildings was bombed out in November 1943) and returned back to Berlin in November 1945. Saw my dad the first time in my life in August/September 1946 after he returned from POW camp. Attended elementary school in Berlin-Waidmannslust, high school in Berlin-Hermsdorf, and trade school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Was an apprentice for the trade of Klischeeaetzer (photo engraver) at Burrath & Schmidt on Friedrichstrasse between U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse (near to what later became Checkpoint Charlie) and Hallisches Tor.
While watching Allied planes supplying West-Berlin by air during the Berliner Luftbruecke in 1948-49 I developed my love for aircraft. I guess I could be considered a 'Berliner Grosschnauze", or at least I used to be.
'Wanderlust' led me to leave Berlin in summer 1960 to emigrate to Toronto, Canada and in February 1962 to move from Canada to New York City, NY, USA. In January 1963 I joined the United States Air Force, one step ahead of Uncle Sam drafting me. Became a United States citizen within 7 weeks after it became a security issue because of my military career. One day after I was sworn in as a citizen in Seattle, my entire unit left for Southeast Asia in June 1966. After nearly 5 years of active duty (extended 11 months to make it an 18 months overseas deployment) I got discharged and moved to New York City. In 1973 I moved to Phoenix, Arizona and two years later joined the Arizona Air National Guard.
Received my higher education at Arizona State University and the University of Georgia and worked for 22 years for the Arizona Department of Water Resources in various capacities. Upon military retirement in 1999 and State retirement in 2005 I looked at a number of things to keep me occupied. Traveling and joining 'renderosity' in September 2007 were a couple of them,
Sig..
Comments (44)
anitalee Online Now!
Great shot
bimm3d
great POV and photo!!! wonderful place!!!!
shadownet
The bridge is really interest as is the tiered thing in the foreground. I have not seen anything quite like that before.
bazza
Lovely capture, certainly is a nice looking bridge guess they wouldn't have a supermarket in there as one of the shops... love the tier thing in the front with the people wading in the water, cant be to deep..
renecyberdoc
great one siggy,like these shops.
dragonmuse
Very interesting capture. Thank you for sharing it.
Umbetro38
wow fantastic POV
auntietk
What a fascinating image! The bridge and buildings are great, and the steps that are built into the river bed, however they did that, are amazing! Great composition and an engaging shot!
efron_241
amazing how they also shaped the river and the idea of shops around the bridge is super of course esp.. as it is still standing after more than 200 years
flora-crassella
ein schöner Platz! Wunderbares Foto!
carlx
Wonderful place and image!!!
casmindo
Nice shot and nice capture of the kids having fun!
ysvry
great arch foto.
flavia49
beautiful shot!!
lucindawind
fantastic shot ... its very beautiful
Faemike55
Wonderful and interesting shot!
annie5
Excellent POV..Magnific scene! :)
Hendesse
Excellent and interesting shot. The old brigde looks fantastic.
MagikUnicorn
B E A U T Y
emmecielle
fantastic shot! :)
kgb224
Excellent capture.
junge1
The 'steps' is a weir. Weirs or overflow dams are used to raise the level of water in a river and control the velocity of the flow. Weirs are also used to create mill ponds!
junge1
On the River Avon, small excursion boats are used (the tip of one can be seen on the right side) for sightseeing purposes. Without the weir these boats could not operate on the river.
durleybeachbum
Such a familiar view! I lived here for a very short while in 1963.
aureagle
beautiful shot man! :)
bmac62
Another place to put on my visit list. I'll bet it looks identical to this today...what's 18 years to such a historic setting?
orig_buggy
they sure look like they are cooling off
Richardphotos
well, I have been to Bath street in Toronto.excellent cityscape
drifterlee
Beautiful place and shot!!!!!
jocko500
wonderful shot.