tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post1821231299222951549..comments2023-11-27T21:41:30.009-08:00Comments on The Daily Postcard: Unter den Linden - BerlinChristine H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-42978600876071877722011-08-17T08:02:32.247-07:002011-08-17T08:02:32.247-07:00I visited Berlin in March this year (2011) and fou...I visited Berlin in March this year (2011) and found it a very vibrant city with the same feel of this postcard. It seemed like a place intent on recovering the beauty and heritage of a unified culture.Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-23123872724552962162011-08-15T21:05:49.528-07:002011-08-15T21:05:49.528-07:00What a great street scene! Sad to hear that the ar...What a great street scene! Sad to hear that the area lost its flavor.Aimee Darshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17808228065018937275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-46538985286324926442011-08-12T21:01:01.372-07:002011-08-12T21:01:01.372-07:00It was still depressing when I was there in 2003- ...It was still depressing when I was there in 2003- there were pockmarks in the building facades from gunfire over 50 years earlier, and a general sense of abandonment- but things were changing, especially at the Brandenburg Gate end, with Frank Gehry's DG Bank building (don't be fooled by the stark exterior, go inside...) and the the glowing glass dome of Norman Foster's Reichstag renovation beyond the gate. Don't know that it will ever be the most elegant street in Berlin again, but I'm sure it will at least become a place you would want to visit.Archie Techthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08030376486096194337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-10325014724529460202011-08-12T14:42:05.392-07:002011-08-12T14:42:05.392-07:00such a wonderful postcard!such a wonderful postcard!Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139616925551470737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-69449867930311711832011-08-12T06:56:38.183-07:002011-08-12T06:56:38.183-07:00Nice! Things change, not always for better. :)Nice! Things change, not always for better. :)Dorincardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09919474118944557430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323012003780250968.post-14361222997232097362011-08-12T06:06:49.335-07:002011-08-12T06:06:49.335-07:00I visited East Berlin in the 1980s and was looking...I visited East Berlin in the 1980s and was looking forward to walking along 'Unter den Linden', it was very sad and emotionally draining.Lisa Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562101358640638937noreply@blogger.com