has been for sale for some time, as you have seen. The maintenance and ongoing development to keep our non-profit and idealistic platform for contemporary art running and safe from hackers etc. costs money that is no longer there. Because of small investments that are necessary now and the running costs, we will have to shut down with a heavy heart at the beginning of summer on June 21.
This still live shows some apples and one garlic on a table or another ground. The composition is classical triangle and the fruits and garlic fills out the whole painting.
At the left side: the KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens = shopping center of the west) is the most famous shopping center of Berlin. It is the only warehouse, which could survive the second world war even with serious damages. It was constructed 1906-1907 after the plans of Johann Emil Schaudt. Today it has 43.000-meter square surface and 20 million visitors and purchasers per year. Every day a turnover of 1,3 million of DM is realized.
This church was constructed 1850 by Ludwig Persius. Sakrow is near by to Potsdam. This is a view from Wannsee / Nikolskoe over the lake of Wannsee.
The Oberbaum Bridge was constructed 1893 in his medieval form. At this place all ships coming to Berlin were controlled and had to pay toll. To prevent the passing by nigth they put a big trunk before the drawbridge after it got dark. Therefor the name Oberbaum Bridge (Baum = tree). Nowadays the underground passes the bridge. In the time of the DDR (German Democratic Republic) only pensioners could use this bridge when they wanted to visit West Berlin.
The architect Konrad Reimer and Friedrich Körte constructed the Borsig Gate in the style of medieval castles of the Mark Brandenburg. Historical style of the Wilhelmine period - 1898. In the background there is the Borsig tower, which was constructed 1922-1924 by Eugen Schmohl. Today you can find here the "Trade-Park at the Borsig tower" and the "Phönix founder center at the Borsig tower" a project of the enterprise Herlitz Falkenhöh AG.
Main monument of the time of Emperor Wilhelm II. This cathedral was constructed 1894 - 1905 by Julius and Otto Raschdorf. The limestone building in the style of Italian high renaissance was used by the dynasty of the Hohenzollern as a court- and garrison church. It was the religious midpoint of Berlin. Inside there are a lot of important graves and tombs from the last 300 years of the Hohenzollern dynasty. At the right side you see the Liebknecht Bridge crossing the river Spree.
Constructed 1918 - 1821 by the Prussian architect Karl-Friedrich Schinkel. The market of gendarmes was renamed 1950 (250 years jubilee) in "Platz der Akademie" (place of the academy). Nowadays it is a theater where 1850 people find place. In a side part there is located a chamber-music room with 450 places.
In front: the Schiller monument created 1871 by Reinhold Begas. This wonderful place is used also for open-air concerts.
The Gendarme Market is one of the most beautiful places of Europe - a must for each tourist. Here the German Cathedral, the French Cathedral and the Concert Hall educate an ensemble of architectural harmony and beauty. The place put on starting from 1688 after plans by J.A. Nering, originally it was called lime tree market, late Friedrichstaedtischer or new market. Since the place was used 1736-82 by a Kuerassierregiment of "gens d'arms" (people in arms) with guards and stables, the name gendarme market developed. After 1777 the place was uniformly cultivated after the plans by George Christian Unger. The place damaged strongly in the Second World War was renamed on the occasion of the 250-year-celebration of the Academy of Sciences in "place of the academy", 1991 received it its original name back.
