The first thing I looked for was whether they mention the horrible kerning at Mehringdamm. Was not disappointed.
The Many Faces of Berlin U-Bahn Line U7
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#22A sort of spiritual counterpart (capitalist/communist, yin/yang, Luke/Vader, take your pick) to U7 is U5, the only line built by East Germany: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U5_(Berlin_U-Bahn) Colored what a friend of mine calls scheisse brown, it sprouts out of central East Berlin (Alexanderplatz) far out into the countryside, with forests, fields and dense clusters of commieblocks tightly packed around stations.
And these days it goes all the way to Hauptbahnhof!
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
My favorite station in Berlin is where they don’t shoot drugs or smoke. Not that many, actually.
Welcome to U8 Schoenleinstr! Believe or not it was used to be okay for me just 4~5 years ago.. now it's almost same as cesspit.
I lived off Schönleinstraße and can attest to this. I heard it was due to a crackdown in Hermanplatz pushing people one stop over?
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#24I take this line every day! I live off of the Konstanzer Strase stop. I never thought I’d see this on HN!
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#25The correct way to photograph the U7 station markers is through the 20 commuters pressed together and around you. For a paper photograph, I'd suggest adding old cigarette smoke with a subtle bouquet of urine.
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#26If anybody is interested in exploring this line in a virtual 3D environment, there is a standalone simulator game for the U7 line that was released by TML-Studios 10-ish years ago, and it's available on steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/283600/World_of_Subways_2...
You can drive the entire line in the game and get out and walk around each station in a first person view. IIRC the individual architectural details of each stop are pretty well modelled, and keeping the train on schedule and stopping at the right stop at each platform is a fun challenge.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Welcome to U8 Schoenleinstr! Believe or not it was used to be okay for me just 4~5 years ago.. now it's almost same as cesspit.
I lived off Schönleinstraße and can attest to this. I heard it was due to a crackdown in Hermanplatz pushing people one stop over?
Also crackdown and constant police presence on Kotti.
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#28I started a modernisation project... http://github.com/chrismsimpson/Neukolln
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#29Re: The Many Faces of Berlin U-Bahn Line U7
#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Welcome to U8 Schoenleinstr! Believe or not it was used to be okay for me just 4~5 years ago.. now it's almost same as cesspit.
I lived off Schönleinstraße and can attest to this. I heard it was due to a crackdown in Hermanplatz pushing people one stop over?
I think it’s more because of the police at Kotti