Basements and Attics
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Town Hall - the first building of the fourteenth century, it was probably a wooden structure. During the great fire in 1541, was destroyed and rebuilt in the shape of a two-storey building with two towers. In the nineteenth century it was rebuilt: In 1827, pulled down one of the towers - north. The elevation developed in neostylowych forms referring to the Gothic and Renaissance, tower crowned with crenellations. In the basement are oldest preserved elements - stone and brick barrel vaults: cross-ribbed and starry.
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Ratusz – pierwsza budowla z XIV wieku, była to budowla zapewne drewniana. W czasie wielkiego pożaru miasta w 1541 r. uległ zniszczeniu, odbudowany w kształcie budynku dwukondygnacyjnego z dwiema wieżami. W XIX wieku został przebudowywany: W 1827 r. rozebrano jedną z wież – północną. Elewację opracowano w neostylowych formach nawiązujących do gotyku i renesansu, wieżę zwieńczono krenelażem. W piwnicach zachowały się najstarsze elementy – kamienne sklepienia beczkowe oraz ceglane: krzyżowo-żebrowe i gwiaździste.
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Down in the basement where entering is off limits for unauthorized persons... But it's Halloween, and what would you do? Enter at your own risk.
So imagine the usual group of friends, students, probably, who want to spend an adventurous weekend in an abandoned old house at the end of the street (or, even better: in the middle of nowhere), in a house that is surrounded by a dark, gloomy mystery. They want to have some fun, and they also want to solve that mystery. You all know what will happen in the course of that weekend. First, there will be strange sounds that our group of friends will dismiss as "old house sounds". But the sounds get stranger, more threatening, so they will start looking for the origins of those sounds which seem to come from the basement (it's always the basement or the attic, isn't it?), a pitch dark, ice cold basement filled with eerie sounds. Will they go down there? You bet they will... and would you? I'll leave the rest of that story to your imagination. But I can tell you as much: I went down into that basement, by my own choice, by my free will (at least that's what I thought at the time).
Since I came back to tell the story, it's obvious that there were no supernatural powers in that basement. But it was a creepy place anyways, and it really had been pitch black down there. Without flashlights we'd have been lost. That basement has been the boiler room of an old prison. Accordingly, that sign on the now "unemployed" door says "Boiler room! No admittance for unauthorized persons! The director". I'd have never explored that basement on my own. I was there with Sabine.R back in September 2018. That prison, which had started of as a regular district court prison in 1901, has seen some very real horrors in the early 1930s. For more infos on its history and also on our visit there please check my album "Gefängnis Köpenick".
HSS and Happy Halloween, y'all :)
Irgendwo im Keller...
... mitten in Berlin... Oder befindet sich dieser düstere Keller überhaupt in Berlin und nicht etwa doch in einem einsam (sehr einsam) gelegenen, verlassenen, von einem tiefdunklen Geheimnis umgebenen Haus mitten im Nirgendwo?
Wäre dies der Schauplatz eines Gruselfilms, dann wäre es so. Dafür nehme man die üblichen Verdächtigen, eine Gruppe von Freunden (Studenten wahrscheinlich), die ein aufregendes Wochenende in diesem Haus verbringen wollen. Unsere Freundestruppe will einen draufmachen, Spaß haben, aber natürlich am Ende auch das Geheimnis dieses Hauses gelöst haben. Gesagt, getan. Und erst sieht auch alles nach eine großen Spaß aus und das "Geheimnis" ist wohl doch nur eine Geschichte ohne echten Hintergrund.
Aber dann, als es bereits dunkel wird, sind plötzlich seltsame Geräusche im Haus zu vernehmen, die unser Grüppchen zunächst als "Altes-Haus-Geräusche" abtut. Nur werden diese Geräusche mit jedem Quäntchen Tageslicht, das allmählich schwindet, immer bedrohlicher und unerklärlicher. Ist an dem Geheimnis evtl. doch was dran? Unsere abenteuerlustige (oder soll ich sagen: schon leicht lebensmüde) Truppe begibt sich also auf die Suche nach dem Ursprung der seltsamen Geräusche. Sie scheinen aus dem Keller zu kommen (es ist immer der Keller oder der Dachboden, nicht wahr?). Einem Keller, dessen Tür mit mehreren Schlössern verammelt ist und auf der ein eindeutig formuliertes Verbotsschild zu finden ist. Es kommt, wie es kommen muss... man begibt sich die Treppe hinab in die Finsternis und das Unheil nimmt seinen Lauf...
Oder doch nicht? Ich bin in diesem, tastächlich stockdunklen, Keller gewesen – freiwillig. Aber nicht allein, das hätte ich mich nie getraut, so gruselig war es da unten. Ich war im September 2018 mit Sabine.R dort gewesen, ohne Taschenlampen wären wir dort nicht weit gekommen. Es handelt sich um den Heizungskeller eines alten Berliner Gefängnisses (wie auch in "schönstem" Amtsdeutsch auf dem Verbotsschild an der ausrangierten Tür zu lesen ist). Dieses 1901 erbaute Gefängnis war ursprünglich ein reguläres Amtsgerichtsgefängnis gewesen, hat dann aber in den frühen 1930er-Jahren ganz realen Horror erlebt. Mehr dazu und zu unserem Besuch dort findet ihr in meinem "Gefängnis Köpenick"-Album.
Ich wünsche Euch einen schönen (Rest-)Sonntag, Reformationstag und, ja, auch Happy Halloween :)
Fuji X-E2 plus Pergear 10mm F5.6 fish-eye lens. Some say that what distinguishes us from the animals is that we make things. Some say that a married man, from time to time at least, ought to withdraw into the basement. Both assumptions are only partially true.
Power Plant Cyklon - area below the newer turbine hall - abandoned power plant for a former paper factory
Hamburg St.Pauli - Nachtwächter-Tour
Boxing in the basement of the 'zur Ritze' pub.
cellphone picture
Another backdrop for the Hidden Chapter (an event inside an event) @ The Chapter Four.
Because everyone needs a creepy basement huh? ^_^
Go grab it at The Chapter Four (jump in to the big dark hole to get to the hidden chapter) :)
Power Plant Cyklon - area below the newer turbine hall - abandoned power plant for a former paper factory
80 year old stairs. Notice how big the saw blade was on some of those cuts. Solid Oak everywhere. Can't tell you the number of bent nails I've done. A 2" and a 1" Oak board sandwiched together on the outside walls. I was told buy one of the daughters who came to visit that some of the wood came from an old church. A family of 5 lived in out 15x12 smoke house while the hose was built.
Here you can see some of the basement through the crumbling foundation and some bottles in the addition to the right.
Getting ready to pour the "big" house basement just south of the Canadian border.
This pumper truck was fascinating. The long arm of this machine is necessary to reach the far end of the basement walls (65 feet from the near side).
Progress is exciting because at each step I am seeing dreams come true. Fun fact: In Montana you should always remember that your on "Montana Time"...and it is a beautiful thing. Work slows down during hunting season, people get injured, and you don't always know what plan to follow. Your usual expectations will be set aside and you learn to accept what limitations you have and know that with help from above and good people on the ground, it will all work out.
Excellent ordered electrical conduits in the basement of a downtown Seattle hotel/condominium tower.
Large A different window than what your used to, or...use to? Anyway...
Just Because, one of my favorite songs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT3w6-cCn10