1 – Berlin Friedrichshain, Frankfurter Allee, the battle between aggressive capitalism and lazy communism, not written on paper but scratched into the face of local architecture:
2 – modern graffiti like the winners’ flag on the roof top of an orthodox architecture (they call it Stalin-Baroque) in East-Berlin, Frankfurter Allee, former STALIN-Allee
photos by frizztext, click on the pictures to enter his flickr galleries …
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Wolfgang
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It’s really interesting face.
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Quite an imposing facade…
almost seems to demand attention, doesn’t it, F.T.?
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The sights those eyes have seen!
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Lots of work for window cleaners … ~~~~ : – )
nice photos
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WoW! It must feel like living in a hotel in these buildings with many floors. 🙂
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WHAT an incredible comparison-and-contrast show and tell here, Frizz! Imagine finding those two buildings as contrast between capitalism and communism side by side, like that! And I loved the graffitti, so high up on that solemnly constructed building!
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