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..
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Comments (29)
Faemike55
Very impressive building and cool capture
UVDan
Great shot of a very good looking building.
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
jocko500
wonderful
SunriseGirl
A very beautiful old building. I love the color and variation of the stone. Did you go inside? Thanks for sharing.
bazza
Nice looking old building, great shot Sig.
whaleman
I cannot discern who is riding the horse but it looks like a great statue!
prutzworks
nice shot
jayfar
This is a superb 'record/historical' shot Sig.
drifterlee
Beautiful building and shot!
Mondwin
Wunderbare Aufnahme lieber freund!!!Bravissimo!V:DDD.Gruß Whylma
giulband
excellent!!
farmerC
Shining shot.
casmindo
rich part of history very nice shot
junge1
@SunriseGirl. No, I didn't have the time it takes to fully appreciate the collections.
Rob2753
Wonderful architecture and those hedges are deliciously sculpted :)
emmecielle
Interesting building and informations! Great capture! :)
flavia49
beautiful shot
sandra46
AMAZING WORK
Cyve
Great building ans great capture !
auntietk
Wow! A fabulous building and a wonderful photograph. I love your pov ... the perfect angle for the shot, imho. Terrific work!
starship64
Great shot! Wonderful building.
Richardphotos
magnificent structure and a superb representation of it
tigertim
An amazing looking building!!.. impressive and imposing architecture!
JuliSonne
I'm glad at least a few old architecture can be seen in berlin. It has changed a lot, are you the last time you were here. The Museum Island is a jewel.
angora
wonderful shot!!
e-brink
An amazing, beautifully constructed classical building. Very nicely composed and shot.
debbielove
Not hard is it.. The German looks very much like the English here.. Good shot, like the statures you've captured outside as well.. If I was to go here it would be to visit the Transport museum obviously lol Rob
danapommet
The building itself is a work of architectural work of art - I would love to see inside! Maybe no photos allowed!