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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 (28)
MagikUnicorn
WOWWWW
jayfar
It looks quite empty for that many passengers! Nice shot.
SardiDigital
Nice photo, I like the perspective, colors and light!!
Hendesse
Fantastic depth, a superb shot!
emmecielle
Fantastic POV! Excellent capture! :)
Juliette.Gribnau
beautifully captured architecture
Jean_C
Superb shot with a fantastic perspective!
Faemike55
Impressive stats and beautiful scene Great shot
drifterlee
Wonderful shot and interesting rail station.
sandra46
superb shot and great info!
blinkings
Interesting looking place.
flavia49
wonderful image
bazza
Thats some amount of people they move, nice station shot and info Sig!!
npauling
What an enormous place and it certainly moves a lot of people. An excellent capture with great light.
tigertim
Cool photo..impressive architecture.. and an ususual style for Thailand for sure..
renecyberdoc
hey very clean place,cleaner than the ones in the so called civilised world muahahahaha.
auntietk
I have a thing about shiny floors. Wow. This is great!! :)
kgb224
Wow to the figures of passengers handled annually by trains by this train station. Amazing capture my friend. God Bless.
UVDan
Great shot!
bebert
very nice view
UteBigSmile
Na ja, sieht aus wie fast jeder Bahnhof!
densa
wonderful scene
Richardphotos
looks very clean. outstanding capture
pat40
Great shot
pauldeleu
Fantastic lighting.
danapommet
Wonderful depth in this photo, to be able to see all the way outside also. It looks so clean even in the tracks area. Opened June 25, 1916 and it still looks new!
nikolais
great perspective, light and POV
Nonsolum
Nice perspective and light !