[LRflex] Re: IMG: Berlin - some modern and inhuman architecture

  • From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx>
  • To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:27:55 +0200

Merci vielmals,
Bombardier has a factory not far away and produces a lot of the suburban and regional rolling stock for DB, so there must have been a deal in there somewhere.
I can't really imagine travellers thinking "Aha! Bombardier, that reminds me, I wanted to buy a new train".
I'm sure the place does work as planned, which is more than can be said for the punctuality of German trains, but it's still somewhat overpowering. They should also do something about the forecourt, it looks like a deserted airfield. 

Most of the rest of the city is great.

Cheers
Douglas

Philippe Amard wrote:

What a nicely documented series Douglas!
And when watching it, one shares the feeling.
However, knowing German Herr Doktor Dipl. Ing. etc. a little, I'd be surprised if the whole contracption did not work as planned. More, architects there usually come up with sets that are not only functional but also pleasant to look at. Maybe you simply missed that extra light that would have made it a cathedral to Canadian bred trains? ;-) 

Thanks for sharing very neat photos and the feeling of the day.
Amitiés
Philippe


Douglas Sharp wrote:


Hello all,
some more shots of Berlin form the day after we met the Hoppies (GeofF and Bron Hopkinson from Australia).
Mostly shot in rotten weather - it rained nearly all day - so they look better (IMO) in black and white.
A stallholder on the Sunday fleamarket in the centre of Berlin resolutely waiting for the rain to stop http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9836.jpg.html 

Tiergarten S-Bahn station in the rain
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9841.jpg.html 

The top level of the new station
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9843.jpg.html 

Inside the station
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9845.jpg.html
The new station is incredibly modern, lots of metal and glass, and on four levels. My knees turn to jelly when I look over the balustrade to see the platforms of the lowest level about 40 metres below.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9847.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9849.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9850-Edit.jpg.html
A most confusing place, if you are in a hurry to catch a train you have no chance of finding out where it is, but at least you can watch it leaving without you
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9851-Edit.jpg.html
Almost on the ground floor that leads out to the River Spree and the federal government quarter
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9854.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9856.jpg.html
I get the impression it wasn't built for people - the perspectives are somehow alien and the lighting is all wrong,
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9858-Edit.jpg.html 

and trains coming in over your head don't make it better
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9859.jpg.html 

It even looks threatening from outside
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9872.jpg.html 

The neighbourhood is pretty desolate too
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9880.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9882.jpg.html 

But, sometimes, you get a touch of the old fashioned like this,
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9886.jpg.html 

and a view across to the East German lollipop on Alexander Platz
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_Berlin__MG_9890.jpg.html 

Cheers
Douglas










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