In Search of Lost Air
Up until now we have tried to explore how the air of Berlin smells when it is looking toward an…
Month: March 2019
Mitte
Mitte means “center” and “center” is also the name of the central quarter of Berlin which once belonged to the…
Gentrified Kreuzberg, recalcitrant Kreuzberg, and the Kreuzberg that goes to work
Kreuzberg is more than a neighborhood. Whenever someone mentions Kreuzberg, they usually mean something else, and, quite often, they mean…
Lunch with the people and a smell of violets
When we get off the S-Bahn at Savigny Platz the air is no longer that of Grunewald, but we’re not…
Alter St. Matthäus Kirchhof (Old St. Matthews’ Churchyard)
A monumental stone gate with a cross split in the center and two urns to each side lead into the…
