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This is the section for thoughts, ramblings and pictures that are not (yet) part of any collection. It will be updated monthly, unless something interesting happens or I am bored, then I might increase the frequency.

Starting things off with a shot I like very much and could be part of a „Lost Hamburg” series. It was taken in the now demolished „City Hof” ensemble near the central station. It was a very clever post-war design by architect Rudolph Klopphaus, which let you see the historical Kontorhausviertel when you arrived in Hamburg by train, kind of inverse-mirroring its colour scheme. Initially quite beautiful in its white LECA-cladding, it was uglified in the 1970s with grey concrete tiles and finally demolished in 2019. It was replaced with a provincial office building, blocking the view between station and Kontorhausviertel.

At the time I took that shot, the building was aleady largely abandoned. It almost looks as if you could walk into a forest at the end of the path. In reality there were just a few bushes on a traffic island.