I think it's nice when boxes and buildings are painted to make them a little less dull. This is a utility building that stands on Breitenbachplatz, a small square with a U-Bahn station of the same name nearby. Interestingly, though the mural states this is Wilmersdorf the Wikipedia entry for the square says it is in Steglitz-Zehlendorf and the entry for the U-Bahn station says this is Dahlem. A mystery for the ages! It's Monday again and you can find more murals here.
PS: For those who are interested, I saw Mozart's The Magic Flute this weekend at the Komische Oper. It was a wonderful production done in a 1920s, silent film style. You can read more about it here or see pictures here.
PS: For those who are interested, I saw Mozart's The Magic Flute this weekend at the Komische Oper. It was a wonderful production done in a 1920s, silent film style. You can read more about it here or see pictures here.
There are a sweet balance between the colours and I feel motion in this mural, very beautiful!
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It's become a real little work of art!
ReplyDeleteIt is different then in old times when ordinary bricks were painted to look like marble, but it make the looks in both periods definitive better all around.
ReplyDeleteHelps keep the tourists confused. Better that way. :-)
ReplyDeleteWe have many painted utility boxes, but I have never seen any utility building painted as brightly as this, if painted at all!
ReplyDeleteWith red roses, very eye-catching !
ReplyDeleteNow, this is a mural I could stand to look at.
ReplyDeleteit's pretty!
ReplyDeleteWith such bright colors, this looks relatively new. I know murals around WW fade terribly over time.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to brighten a blank wall. Tom The Backroads Traveller
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like I would be lost if I depended on this box for directions.
ReplyDeleteI love The Magic Flute. I bet that was a very interesting production.
Most tourists don't really come to this part of the city. It's very residential. It's sort of funny to me though, because I can literally walk through three districts of the city in about 10 minutes from where I live! ;-)
DeleteI agree, this kind of mural is quite nice and has surely a positive impact on the place...
ReplyDeleteIt is beautiful, I love the colours!
ReplyDeleteI agree that this is a nice way to spruce up old boxes. But that's funny that it seems to be in the wrong place.
ReplyDeleteIn answer to your question: Yes. And it seems that Berlin is a long way off and you are having such a good time there. But, if you happen to be in the neighborhood...
You never know... I might just take you up on the offer one day! And of course the same goes for you, if you should find yourself in Berlin. :)
DeleteMaybe the mural is in several places?
ReplyDeleteIt's a very pretty one!
It's quite a bright, vibrant design.
ReplyDeleteI like this one a lot!
ReplyDeleteFor the record, I believe this square/plaza is in Wilmersdorf.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and very bright too.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a grand entrance to a magical place. Thanks for contributing to this week's Monday Mural.
ReplyDeleteBrightens the day if you are heading to catch the train and you are already late and it is raining and you are having a bad hair day....
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