Posts Tagged ‘West Berlin’
Flaneur: One Street At A Time
Wyndham Wallace profiles a new Berlin-based magazine that explores cities one street at a time… Shop Life, Harry Lehmann. Photo by Hannes Caspar, Grashina Gabelmann With Berlin arguably suffering from something of a foreign media overkill, it’s exciting to discover that there are still not only neglected areas of the city upon which few people in recent years have shone a light, but also that this can be done in an innovative fashion. Equal parts travel guide, magazine and book – [...]
On the Heerstrasse
Marcel Krueger discovers an abundance of history along West Berlin's Heerstrasse... Theodor-Heuss-Platz West Berlin's Heerstrasse isn't much to look at. A mundane, five-lane expressway connecting the trade fair with the district of Spandau in the west, it eventually morphs into federal highway No. 5, transporting its human cargo towards the northern city of Hamburg. But to stroll alongside this Ballardian mesh of concrete and speeding metal is to cut a cross-section through 150 [...]
La Mano Verde
Ruth Michaelson and Itay Lotem visit Berlin's premier vegan restaurant and find that the grass isn't always greener... Editorial note: there are no images to illustrate this article because the owner of the restaurant did not like the review and therefore refused to give us any. The Vegan’s View: Ruth Having lived in Berlin for almost two years before managing to pay hallowed vegan fine dining joint La Mano Verde a visit, it had taken on a golden glow in my mind, becoming something of a [...]
Following Berlin’s Paper Trail…
Giulia Pines explores the city's burgeoning stationery scene... Nowadays, it can seem like an act of defiance to pick up pen and paper. What were once the writing haunts of wistful young dreamers and published authors alike have turned sterile, as laptops on café tables announce the professions of their owners and only the click-click-click of the keys marks time. An activity that used to be languid, leisurely, and above all egalitarian has been fully transformed. Now it is about [...]
City Lit: Kurfürstendamm
Suzi from Packabook.com throws away her guidebook to explore one of Berlin's most famous streets via two novels... One of the great joys of reading books set in the city you're visiting is the way they can help you understand your surroundings. I like to read novels as if they're maps - keys to places I've not yet unlocked. Some people like guide books...I'd rather read a novel. I think I'm right in saying that for most non-German speakers, the street names in Berlin can be a bit [...]
