Variety post

First, a family of cranes:

Then, art in the club we were at: 

And David photographing an ad in the u bahn. 

Sidewalk progress

Have been working at home lately got a variety of reasons, so the sidewalk was yet again the most interesting thing to photograph.

Just under my building, it looks fine but is still oddly roped off:

Further down on the next block, the sidewalk is still torn up.

Sidewalk construction continues

Despite mixed reviews, I've got another installment in the sidewalk series. This time, they were working on small paving stones. After hammering them in, they swept dirt over the entire thing to fill in the cracks.

And of course, then used the noisy mocking, aka vibrating compactor. 

The real point is, I think they are almost done!

Sidewalk construction again

This morning, the workers outside were laying the stones that form the sidewalk in front of my door. At this point, they were doing a lot of hammering to line things up.

This was much noisier. I think it's a giant sanding machine, or is otherwise designed to level the stones. 

I think they choose to do the loudest parts when I am working from home.

Ongoing sidewalk construction

They are (still) redoing the sidewalk under our apartment, so here are some pictures of the progress!

Half a platform

The train station by my work is still half closed. Trains running every 20 minutes (instead of the usual 10) add an average of 20 minutes a day to the commute.

It would be worse if they weren't doing much construction, but they are pretty seriously ripping up the platform. 

S-bahn construction

I went by the half closed s-bahn station today. It certainly appears to be under construction... Or maybe just overloaded with construction-related cargo.

Construction of two sorts

This building in our neighborhood was on fire last July and only now does it have s scaffolding for repair:

And in my walk to choir, the daylight savings light let me get an ok picture of  this combination of old, new, and construction: 

Another construction picture

This is what I found when I went to the window to figure out why our apartment was shaking from the street construction. 

Street construction

From our street yesterday morning. As far as I can tell, they are in the long and loud process of moving the curb up to make more pedestrian space! 

Back in Berlin

I'm not even sure what building that is, but the combination of new construction and refurbishment of an old building feels very Berlin. I'm back!

The crane

I didn't manage to get a very good picture of it, but this morning, I was surprised to find a giant crane in front of our building at work. It entirely removed the doors to the dome over my office, and as long as it was light out, there were workmen outside our office attaching loads of wood to the crane to be hauled up to the dome. Apparently they'll be working on it all month...

Pink clouds

This panorama shot is from our balcony - you can see the towers at Frankfurter Tor and some construction cranes, which pretty much sums up out neighborhood.

Berlin Cathedral

This is the second (of at least three) times that we need to go to the bank as part of our move. On the way back from our Duetsche Bank branch, we pass over Museum Island, where I took this picture of the Berlin Cathedral and the TV Tower. While some people might artfully try to exclude construction from their scenic photos, I usually get excited about the juxtaposition of old/historic/static with new/modern/changing.