Berlin Texture

S1 — Oranienburg. Fun fact: the station platform also doubles as a museum of abstract art. Here is one of their finest canvasses…

U9 — Zoologischer Garten. The blue grid.

…and finally, No. 6: Paulsternstraße.

Our penultimate journey – on the U8 – will begin tomorrow. But before we say goodbye to the U7, here is a thread of the best tiles on the line. No. 1: The Greatest (Konstanzer Straße).

This week marks the 60th anniversary of the foundation of Berlin’s magnificent Gropiusstadt. So let’s celebrate… #Gropiusstadt #Gropiusstadt60

U7 — Siemensdamm. A prophecy.

U7 — Jungfernheide. Subliminal advertising.

U7 — Richard-Wagner-Platz. Amazing textures of RWP, part two.

U7 — Richard-Wagner-Platz. Amazing textures of RWP, part one.

U7 — Wilmersdorfer Straße. The quality goes in before the name goes on.

U7 — Konstanzer Straße. The day they replace these tiles with boring grey stone is the day I’ll pack my bags and leave Berlin forever.

U7 — Blissestraße. Looking directly up.

Battleship. G. Hänska, K. Schumersow, 1971–81. #BerlinModern

U7 — Südstern. Cladding close-up.

The age of texture. E. Schmidt, H. Dübel, P. Skujin, 1964–66. #BerlinModern

Geometric delights. H. Völker, R. Grosse, 1955–56. #BerlinModern

@salma_indahouz I believe they are in Friedenau, but I’m not sure I could tell you the exact street. Perhaps Wielandstr. or Sponholzstr.

The well-worn path. #BerlinTexture

U7 — Johannisthaler Chaussee. Disco texture.

Let’s go back to 1957.

Fortress of finance. Rainer G. Rümmler, 1978. #BerlinModern