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There was a small fire at a construction/demolition site in downtown Frankfurt.... I couldn't see any flames or smoke but I arrived a little late....


by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sat May 3rd, 2008 at 06:45:19 AM EST
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That's that building on Konstablerwache, at the end of the Zeil! I was there many times... (Last time last August, I was offered drugs here one night...)

I remember that once two decades ago, there was some show event sponsored by the watchmaker Citizen, with the big attraction being motorbikes running up a cable that was attached to the building you picture, I mean attached rather high.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Sun May 4th, 2008 at 04:51:17 PM EST
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Genau!

And I had my Citizen watch repaired at the Karstadt(sp?) right there across the Zeil a couple of months ago.... full circle....

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sun May 4th, 2008 at 06:40:13 PM EST
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Yeah, I remember the Karstadt, too... and the Kaufhof at the other end, which became Galeria Kaufhof when I last visited.

About the demolished in-reconstruction high-rise, I found this article - on the upper left, a photo gallery starts with pictures of the current look and the planned new look with restored 1955 façade and glass behind. Would look better, though I wonder how long it will take for car exhaust gases (even if less dirty than in the seventies) to again colour its concrete grey.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Mon May 5th, 2008 at 04:08:52 AM EST
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