The Postcard from c. 1910 shows what appears to be a colourised photograph of the areas as it was at the turn of the last century, before it was almost totally destroyed during the bombing raids of WWII.
This largely accounts for the slight change in the proportion of the buildings, as they were not always rebuilt as was.
The area has undergone major change recently, the old Berlin Palace has been largely rebuild, part of which, the Humboldt forum, a cultural centre, can be seen on the left.
This scene captures the fate that has befallen many modern cities and it seems to know no end, nests of scaffolding adorn every street corner and important building, and cranes, like giant one-legged metal birds feeding their offspring, promising little but an ever changing skyline.
- Frobenstraße Bridge
- Lietzensee Park
- Gendarmenmarkt 1951
- Goethe-Schule-Wilmersdorf
- Berlin Cathedral
- St. Hedwig’s Cathedral
- Friedrich Ludwig Jahn in the Hasenheide
- Brandenburg Gate, 1951
- Charlottenburg Palace
- Stadtpark Schöneberg
- Straße des 17 Juni
- The Brandenburg Gate
- Berlin Cathedral
- Bülowstraße
- The Altes Museum
- Palace Bridge
- Old Fritz
- The Gendarmenmarkt
- The Bode Museum
- The Anhalter Bridge
© Andrew James Kirkwood – 2024