Make credence recognised that on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:23:40 +0100,
Padraig Breathnach has scripted:
>I wrote:
>
>>At this stage, I am looking for suggestions about where we should stay
>>-- not necessarily a particular hotel, but what part of the city...
>
>Thanks to those who have replied (and I would still welcome
>suggestions).
>
>My researches, if you can count my unstructured scratching about as
>research, suggest to me that the main zones to consider are:
>Alexanderplatz, Potsdamer Platz/Mitte, and the Ku'damm area.
>
>I am aware that Berlin was virtually destroyed in WW2, and that it is
>now largely a city of modern architecture. Now, I am well able to
>enjoy modern architecture, but I have a particular concern: sometimes
>I feel that it lacks a human scale, and can alienate me.
Eww... in this case you simply must visit the Jewish Museum. I was
dragged there by an architect friend, and was blown away by the
building.
It's all concrete, glass and steel. It's alienating, cold, and very
self indulgent from an architectural POV, but well worth the visit
just to see how gloriously full of wank a modern building can be.
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