That’s an interesting bit of history, Nathan. I’m quite surprised that such a
concrete carbuncle might still be intact, but then I suppose German engineering
could be the reason.
Chris
> On 24 Jun 2017, at 19:03, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The reason I was in Berlin earlier this week (I am now spending the weekend
> in Poland, visiting my sister) was that our office organised a major
> conference on IP enforcement with the German government and the European
> Commission. The venue was a place called Café Moskau, a place which during
> the bad old days was a favourite among high-ranking Communist functionaries,
> black marketeers, spies and other similar members of the elite in East
> Germany. Today it is a conference and events centre, but the architecture has
> been retained and the meeting rooms are all named after capitals of the
> former Soviet republics. Four images:
>
> In the adjacent U-Bahn (metro) station there are photographs of the area as
> it looked back then:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-mw27n8c/A
> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-mw27n8c/A>
>
> And this how it looks now:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-SjStw5T/A
> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-SjStw5T/A>
>
> My colleagues Stephanie and Claire worked incredibly hard during the days
> before and during the event:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-jCnNF4K/A
> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-jCnNF4K/A>
> They are delightful ladies and top professionals.
>
> And our video guy Pierre worked hard too, but as always he had a smile for me:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-tLtpHfk/A
> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-tLtpHfk/A>
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