The pictures start in the former area of west Berlin around the Zoo station, the Ka Da We, and the Kurfurstendamm (main shopping street in western Berlin)
The Ka Da We, an excellent department store in the heart of western Berlin. Department stores may be a dying entity in the states but not in Europe. This store had an entire floor devoted to foodstuffs with small cafes built around the different food sections. Something like this would be nice in DT KC.
The "Tooth" in west Berlin
Alexanderplatz in eastern Berlin. Once a pretty stark commercial area left over from the DDR, the place is starting to come around.
Moving towards Unter Den Linden in the former east Berlin. This was the former main drag of the city prior to WWII. Each time I go, the area is farther along in reclaiming its former spot as the center of life in the city.
Turning down Fredrichstrasse towards Checkpoint Charlie, another area making a great comeback
From Frederichstrasse, we went over to Potsdamer Platz following roughly the same tract as the former Wall. The wall is mostly gone now although you can see it along a memorial built atop the former Gestapo HQ near Potsdamer platz
and small vestiges appear adjacent to Potsdamer Platz
Potzdamer Platz. This area has been entirely reborn since the fall of the wall. The architechture is both celebrated and much maligned. I love the place. The only complaint is that it still feels somewhat isolated from the rest of the city which basically got on with its life during the division when Potsdamer Platz was relegated to being a no mans land between east and west. In a way, kind of like what happened to DT KC when they surrounded it with a "wall" of interstate highways; think of what KC to do if that space was put back into circulation. Anyway......
Inside the Sony Center
and looking out towards Potsdamer Platz
