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West Berlin

Those were strange days, when there were two Berlins, one of which was surrounded by totally different folk, close and distant at the same time. Enclosed in a concrete fence and occupied by what we actually considered protectors, if not friends.

Amazingly strange days, with an inherent unique sensation that you might hardly figure unless you lived it.


Wannseebahn

1984-09-30
Wannsee station with an S-Bahn train, in 1984 already operated by West Berlin public transport (BVG) and no longer by East-German Deutsche Reichsbahn.
Sleeping Beauty

False Taiga drum

1985-06-30
A freight train, operated bei the GDR's Deutsche Reichsbahn, seen from the roof of the no longer existing S-Bahn station Siemensstadt-Fürstenbrunn in Berlin
Sleeping Beauty
Decay
History
Railways

Women

1985-06-30
A former door, labeled "women", has been bricked at station Siemensstadt-Fürstenbrunn in Berlin.
Sleeping Beauty
Buildings
Decay
Unexpected

Southern end

1985-07-01
Berlin S-Bahn station Südende about 1985, while the track is still out of service.
Sleeping Beauty
Decay
History
Railways

Broken ring

1986-06-15
A Berlin S-Bahn railway bridge in 1986, being out of service for already several years.
Sleeping Beauty
Bridges
Decay
Fences
Railways

West end

1986-06-30
Rotting rail tracks at Berlin S-Bahn station Westend which was also out of service at this time (appr. 1987).
Sleeping Beauty
Arts
Autobahn
Cities
Decay
Stations

Volksfest

1986-07-08
The German-French Volksfest 1986, seen from the  top of the Ferris wheel.
West Berlin
Aerials
Festivals

Avus

1986-07-15
Northern end of Berlin's Avus Autobahn, aerial shot from 1986.
West Berlin
Aerials
Autobahn
Gastronomy

Retroklops

1986-07-15
The fountain at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin Charlottenburg, locally often referred to as "Wasserklops" ("ball of water").
West Berlin
City lights
Nightlife
Water fountains

Spandau connection

1986-09-25
Old railway bridge close to Berlin Spandau station.
West Berlin
Bridges
Logistics
Railways
Rivers

Botany station

2011-08-28
Abandoned S-Bahn station Zehlendorf-West in Berlin.
Sleeping Beauty
Decay
Stations

Left aside

2011-08-28
Berlin's Avus Autobahn right between the former two German border control posts Dreilinden and Drewitz.
West Berlin
Autobahn
Borders
Cars
History

Zollfrei

2011-08-28
The former customs terminal at Berlin Dreilinden border station.
West Berlin
Autobahn
Borders
History
Traffic

For rent

2011-08-28
Facade of the abandoned roadhouse building at former Checkpoint Bravo in Berlin Zehlendorf.
West Berlin
Buildings

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