Let’s just say the last little while has been a time for a lot of solitary introspection. And when I’m in this kind of mood, there are few things I find nicer than going for a drive. It’s not the driving part. I don’t want to drive; I want to be driven. It’s the watching […]
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Past Present // The Last Unrenovated Building on Hermannplatz
One of the first things that struck me about Berlin is the way the city bears its wounds. Unlike, say, Dresden, which reacted to the mass destruction it suffered in WWII by rebuilding much of its Altstadt as an exact replica of its pre-war self, Berlin shows its scabs and scars, and does so with resilience, […]