I found this old postcard on display at the Kollwitz Museum when I visited awhile back. It's funny because this is actually the corner where I now work, although it looks much different today. We don't have streetcars in this part of the city anymore and the church down the street (Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church) was heavily bombed during WWII and never fully rebuilt. My building stands on the left forefront corner of the intersection of Ku'damm and Joachimsthalerstrasse. The area is known today as the Neues Kranzler Eck. There are certainly worse places to work in the city!
PS: Don't forget to take a look at Halcyon Travels for more from my trip to Israel.
PS: Don't forget to take a look at Halcyon Travels for more from my trip to Israel.
I'm saddened by the loss of such churches.
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous postcard and the expanse is amazing!
ReplyDeleteI love looking ay old photos to get an idea of what life was like way back when.
ReplyDeleteSo cool I can now envision what part of town you are working in.
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting peek into the past.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful postcard!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great find, this postcard!
ReplyDeleteI can imagine how much would have changed.
ReplyDeleteIt would be fun to see a street shot of the way it looks today. Love this photo, though! Re your comments on Ocala: That old cottage was not just "rustic," it was rusted! And the horse was a sculpture to honor the racehorse raising industry. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is cool. It has changed a lot. So you can pop in to Käthe Wohlfahrt every day? :-)
ReplyDeleteI love old pictures like this.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great city-scape
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It's been some years since our first visit to Berlin. We stayed at a hotel a block north of the Ku-damn and, I think, a bit further west. Pretty swanky neighborhood. I remember seeing - and hearing - people we took to be Russian gangsters at the cafes around the elegant boulevard. We are looking forward to seeing what it is like these days.
ReplyDeleteWhen you got the postcard, you probably had no idea you would eventually be working in the area.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful promenade. (Wait! Is that you waving from the window? 8-) )
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