This is Secret Place Berlin, Where we explore the sometimes hidden and not so well known histories about Berlin, Germany. I’m your host Lacy Barry and today I will tell you the story of...
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This is Secret Place Berlin, Where we explore the sometimes hidden and not so well known histories about Berlin, Germany. I’m your host Lacy Barry and today I will tell you the story of...
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July 30, 2021
A City Within A City - Episode 10
Nestled just outside of the Ringbahn of Berlin, lay a historical little hub, a calm enclave carved out of a point in time when German Industry was at its height and technological discoveries were erupting regularly. Named after the British Queen, the area of Victoriastadt housed workers that spun wools and finery for her kingdoms consumption at high quantities. Initiating a spring of manufacturing from textiles to concrete, train brakes and pellet balls. Some relics still preserved, but virtually unnoticeable to commuters unless seen from an observing bike ride or by train window, for which the little city is surrounded by these silver snakes that guide trains. The train tracks create the boarders of Victoriastadt and their screaming lullaby is the soundtrack that signifies encapsulated mirages that poignantly speed by to be there one moment and gone the next. However all is well in the small gentle stadt, holding safe a close-knit community of artisans, historians, families and so on… a collection of people that are the result of over a century of evolutions. Though Victoriastadt is no longer an area to house workers to be employed by its nearby factories, the residue of its origins still remain. For instance, a switch-line booth may not hold the telephonic machinery it was intended for, but its shell houses a cultural craft of a newly developed artisanal kind. A tower that once dropped liquefied molton metals for its prize bounty, sits in remission above a block of row houses. And the robust bridges that safely elevate speeding trains above Victoriastads entry points, harbor mysteries of light sculptures beneath them. Glowing angels in hiding, waiting like dignified guardians, light the way to curiosity seekers that are beheld to uncover the hidden magic of a city within a city that awaits them. Episode tip: Listen for the trains wisking by the background of this episode. To support Secret Place Berlin, please visit our Patron at www.patreon.com/secretplaceberlin Follow us on Instagram @secretplaceberlin SHOW NOTES: Articles explored for this episode: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoriastadt https://www.everestate.com/blog/neighbourhood-profile-victoriastadt-in-lichtenberg https://karte.industriekultur.berlin/standort/ehem-knorr-bremse-hauptwerk/ to visit some of the closed monuments once a year in September: https://www.berlin.de/en/events/2860241-2842498-heritage-day.en.html Music by Rossano Snel @rossanofrombrazil serenading from the depths of the Schrotkugelturm Story, Narration, Illustration & Image copyright Lacy Barry @lacy_barry 2020, hiding in plain sight in the Linienverzweiger
June 12, 2021
Green Living Embodied at the Heart - Episode 9
Housing in major global cities is an issue all over the world, especially in Berlin where it is often said ‘looking for an apartment is like applying for a job or a visa’. There’s a lot of paperwork, a lot of requesting, a lot of rejections before you find the one, …or it finds you. In this episode we explore a 1980’s housing project that asks inhabitants to construct the future living they desire in an eco setting. Positioned in the center of Berlin, the Ökohaus embodies the ‘green heart’ of the city and puts forefront blooming desires for healthier, greener, community based future living… possibly highlighting the reasons humans from near and far relocate to the German capital to begin with. To support Secret Place Berlin, please visit our Patron at www.patreon.com/secretplaceberlin Follow us on Instagram @secretplaceberlin SHOW NOTES: Resource links for this episode can be found here: https://www.the-offbeats.com/articles/building-together-the-okohaus-frei-otto-collective-improvisation/ https://www.solidar-architekten.de/oekohaus-berlin-mitte-tiergarten-corneliusstrasse-11-12/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/t-magazine/berlin-treehouses.html In German: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6X-ifClSE0&t=206s Music by Rossano Snel @rossanofrombrazil waving from a rooftop garden. Story, Narration, Illustration & Image copyright Lacy Barry @lacy_barry 2020, foraging wild wisteria and elderflower.
April 30, 2021
Starry Skies Over Treptower - Episode 8
When you wish upon a star, whether or not you’re near or far, The celestial theatre of every night is tempting you to observe under moonlight. For those stargazing with extra curiosity, may be delighted to get closer to nebulosity, From a telescope over a century old, the greatest made as we are told. A humble astronomer with large starry dreams, equally designed a mechanism for viewing planetary means. Placing this great telescope on an observatory of wonder, teaching all beings of the skies we live under. Debuting such an anomaly as a fair ground attraction, the instrument still holds the universe in its gentle refraction. Archenhold was this astronomer’s name and The Great Refractor telescope is his ardent acclaim. To support Secret Place Berlin, please visit our Patron at www.patreon.com/secretplaceberlin Follow us on Instagram @secretplaceberlin SHOW NOTES: For guided tours, events and a view of the Observatory museum, see the Archenhold and other planetariums programs at www.planetarium.berlin Music by violinist Alice Colley @laydee_plague serenading an eclipse. Story, Narration, Illustration & Image copyright Lacy Barry @lacy_barry 2020, charting lunar phases.
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