image posted March 24, 2007 4:06 PM 

Friedrichstrasse, East Berlin :: May 1975

As the EU celebrates its 50th birthday in Berlin today, here's an image from when I was in Berlin last, 1975. Many bombed-out buildings were left standing for decades by the DDR, perhaps as a reminder. My 1910 Baedeker says that Friedrichstrasse.. "is flanked with handsome and substantial business-houses, including the retail depots of several important breweries." I have been unable to identify these two buildings, which I believe were on Friedrichstrasse. At least the restaurant Schweizerhaus on the right seemed to still be functioning. Nikon F2 : Kodachrome

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