Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Now And Then - East Germany

A 1992 photo of the Hackescher Höfe network of courtyards on Rosenthaler Strasse in Berlin's Mitte district. Trabant cars are parked up on the left.


The makeshift parking lot has been transformed into a garden cafe. The Hackeschen Höfe, which have been listed as protected buildings since 1972, have undergone thorough renovation.


Leipzig in 1990. 45 years after the end of the war the once-elegant Art Nouveau building on Fleischergasse is now in ruins. A "people-owned" betting shop operates from the ground floor.


Leipzig 2002: Barfussgässchen has become a pedestrian zone. The building has been transformed and is hardly recognizable.



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3 comments:

Belle said...

There is a lot to be said for democracy and capitalism!

DrGoat said...

Fantastic restoration on that last building.

Bersercules said...

I prefer the old.