Comments on: Potsdamer Platz http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/05/30/potsdamer-platz/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:53:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Fred http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/05/30/potsdamer-platz/#comment-40887 Fred Sat, 05 Aug 2006 10:09:54 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=915#comment-40887 The colored ball is the logo of the German TV station "Sat.1": http://www.sat1.de/ (They changed their logo a bit. It's less colorful now.) The colored ball is the logo of the German TV station “Sat.1″: http://www.sat1.de/
(They changed their logo a bit. It’s less colorful now.)

]]> By: Alex and Totiyee http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/05/30/potsdamer-platz/#comment-21646 Alex and Totiyee Thu, 08 Jun 2006 11:55:27 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=915#comment-21646 Babaganoosh Says: Anybody know what in the world this is just to the north? I've submitted that link a while ago but it didn't show up on this post on berlin.. anyway, it's a memorial monument to the victims of the holocausts.. it's a bunch of grey stones of different height that make up corridors in which you can walk.. but it's quite spooky! Babaganoosh Says:
Anybody know what in the world this is just to the north?

I’ve submitted that link a while ago but it didn’t show up on this post on berlin.. anyway, it’s a memorial monument to the victims of the holocausts.. it’s a bunch of grey stones of different height that make up corridors in which you can walk.. but it’s quite spooky!

]]> By: MVK http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/05/30/potsdamer-platz/#comment-19321 MVK Tue, 30 May 2006 15:51:02 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=915#comment-19321 The place that Babaganoosh points out to the north is the new Holocaust memorial, and just north of that, the construction site is the new US Embassy. Does anyone else see the tremendous irony in that juxtaposition? Maybe someone with better eyes than me can post a link showing the security stations protecting the US Embassy just to the east of the Tor. It's amazing and sad that the US has a barricaded embassy just north of Unter Den Linden- the only embassy there that is so protected/ isolated... The place that Babaganoosh points out to the north is the new Holocaust memorial, and just north of that, the construction site is the new US Embassy.

Does anyone else see the tremendous irony in that juxtaposition?

Maybe someone with better eyes than me can post a link showing the security stations protecting the US Embassy just to the east of the Tor. It’s amazing and sad that the US has a barricaded embassy just north of Unter Den Linden- the only embassy there that is so protected/ isolated…

]]> By: Babaganoosh http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/05/30/potsdamer-platz/#comment-19320 Babaganoosh Tue, 30 May 2006 15:40:45 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=915#comment-19320 Anybody know what in the world this is just to the north? http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=52.513959,13.378542&z=18 Also, a little farther away I came across this rather creepy looking island. http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=52.541004,13.212787&z=17 Anybody know what in the world this is just to the north?
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

Also, a little farther away I came across this rather creepy looking island.
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

]]> By: Alex http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/05/30/potsdamer-platz/#comment-19312 Alex Tue, 30 May 2006 15:12:07 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=915#comment-19312 Chris, that's <a href="http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/11/16/residential-snake/" rel="nofollow">Wohnanlage auf dem Moabiter Werder</a> (Housing on the Moabiter Island), which was previously posted back in November :-) Chris, that’s Wohnanlage auf dem Moabiter Werder (Housing on the Moabiter Island), which was previously posted back in November :-)

]]> By: Chris W http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/05/30/potsdamer-platz/#comment-19262 Chris W Tue, 30 May 2006 11:27:36 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=915#comment-19262 Near the new train station is this river-shaped building near the river: http://maps.google.com/?ll=52.518832,13.357873&spn=0.004766,0.010064&t=k&om=1 Near the new train station is this river-shaped building near the river:
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

]]> By: Dominik Meister http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/05/30/potsdamer-platz/#comment-19235 Dominik Meister Tue, 30 May 2006 09:37:12 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=915#comment-19235 Here you can see the new main station of Berlin which has been opened last weekend: http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=52.525308,13.371499&z=16 A ground level shot is available in the german wikipedia: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Hauptbahnhof Here you can see the new main station of Berlin which has been opened last weekend:
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

A ground level shot is available in the german wikipedia:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Hauptbahnhof

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