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 (23)
lyron
Great shot!!
danapommet
It's a beautiful building and you caught it very nicely. Do you know if it is still standing? Chile seems to have much better building codes than Haiti did. Dana
bimm3d
wonderful place and perfect photo!!!
Faemike55
Wonderful shot and interesting information Thanks, Sig!
jascorpio
Beautiful Capture!!!
junge1
I think I saw one shot on TV that looked like this building had received some damage. It was slightly damaged in a 1985 earthquake.
bazza
Lovely shot of this building, Do hope that its not damaged or to damaged, looks like a beautiful building...
flavia49
impressive shot!!
annie5
It's a beautiful building, great shot, Sig! Thanks for the info :)
Hendesse
Excellent shot, great perspective!
carlx
Wonderful building and shot!!!
flora-crassella
ein sehr schönes Gebäude!
farmerC
Very wonderful work.
drifterlee
Beautiful arhitecture!!!!!
sandra46
FANTASTIC SHOT
dbrv6
Very nice capture and nice to see your shots from Chile
Minda
Great info and another excellent shot sig..
jocko500
hope it still there now lo cool looking
bebert
belle batisse, belle photo !
A_Joker_B
Great capture, I hope its not damaged from the quake
kgb224
Wonderful capture my friend.
lucindawind
beautiful shot . .I hope its not damaged from the quake
Alex_Antonov
Beautiful work!