Decorative mural


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.

23 comments:

  1. There are a sweet balance between the colours and I feel motion in this mural, very beautiful!
    Leia

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  2. It's become a real little work of art!

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  3. It 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.

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  4. Helps keep the tourists confused. Better that way. :-)

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  5. We have many painted utility boxes, but I have never seen any utility building painted as brightly as this, if painted at all!

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  6. With red roses, very eye-catching !

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  7. Now, this is a mural I could stand to look at.

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  8. With such bright colors, this looks relatively new. I know murals around WW fade terribly over time.

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  9. It's nice to brighten a blank wall. Tom The Backroads Traveller

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  10. It sounds like I would be lost if I depended on this box for directions.
    I love The Magic Flute. I bet that was a very interesting production.

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    1. 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! ;-)

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  11. I agree, this kind of mural is quite nice and has surely a positive impact on the place...

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  12. It is beautiful, I love the colours!

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  13. I 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.

    In 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...

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    1. 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. :)

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  14. Maybe the mural is in several places?
    It's a very pretty one!

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  15. It's quite a bright, vibrant design.

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  16. For the record, I believe this square/plaza is in Wilmersdorf.

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  17. Beautiful and very bright too.

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  18. It looks like a grand entrance to a magical place. Thanks for contributing to this week's Monday Mural.

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  19. Brightens 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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