Postcards from Berlin BETA

Looking down South Main Street

zibpyle — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 18:49:54 +0000

Looking down south main street, at the intersection of Buckingham St. A quiet morning, no traffic. (As if there is ever traffic on Berlin’s Main St.) Summertime. I used to walk this street all the time and even years later it seems exactly the same.

Fields and Development as seen from West St.

zibpyle — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 18:49:27 +0000

Berlin is a small enough town that some streets just open right up to fields. From this spot on West street, one can see newer developments across the fields.

At the Berlin Peach Festival, August 2010

zibpyle — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 18:48:55 +0000

Carriage Rides at the Berlin Peach Festival.

A hot day in August. Lots of peaches, peach tea, peach pie. A pie eating contest, a peach throwing contest, trees to climb a museum to visit. Live music. Fun for everyone.

Liebe Agnes und Paul

KS12 — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:36:27 +0000

Liebe Agnes und Paul. Ich bin in Berlin und habe vergeblich nach Euch gesucht. Es macht Heimweh. Ich hoffe es geht Euch allen gut. Herzliche Grüße, Ida

English translation:
Dear Agnes and Paul. I am in Berlin and I’ve been searching for you in vain. It makes me feel homesick. I hope you are all doing well. With love, Ida.

The original postcard – given to us by Ingeborg W. – carried the above handwritten message. The postcard was sent from Ingeborg’s aunt in Berlin, New Hampshire to Ingeborg’s parents in Berlin, Germany in 1926.

A Friend of a Friend

KS12 — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:44:13 +0000

When Lail Arad sent us a twitter message some weeks ago about her lovely song “Everyone Is Moving To Berlin” we thought it was a great coincidence. Little did we know that our friend Edial had tipped her off to our project. Lail’s song touches on the ever-growing bohemian spirit amongst the younger international crowd in Berlin, Germany. A popular destination for artists, musicians and designers, the former eastern half of the city is home to many young people from the more pricey capitals of London, Amsterdam and Copenhagen. The combination of cheaper rents, plentiful nightlife and possibilities of creative collaborations are the primary draw. This video was shot on the rooftop of SoundCloud, a Berlin-based web startup company run by two cool Swedish guys.

After the concert we retired to a nearby lounge with a group of about 15 people. As we approached a comfortable corner there was a solitary young guy sitting alone in the middle of a comfortable couch writing in a journal. Apparently he had no intention to move seats when we approached and became absorbed by our group. As we shared beers and gazpacho soup, Lail became increasingly curious about the stranger in our midst. Eventually we took bets on what he was doing and she went over to talk with him. It turned out he was a 21-year-old Swiss student on summer holidays in Berlin, and he’d apparently been doodling in a sketchbook, not writing the next great novel.

Beautiful View

Jenney — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:22:28 +0000

This was taken 1st 2010 week of July along Thirteen Mile Woods In Berlin NH

Grüße aus Deutschland (Greetings from Germany)

KS12 — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:26:09 +0000

Welcome to the long-awaited Berlin, Germany mailbox! In the near future you will find true stories from Berlin, Germany as well as short films from our partner the achtung berlin film festival in this section of the website.

Androscoggin Valley Hospital

Jerry_Boucher — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:55:29 +0000

Androscoggin Valley Hospital is a full service community hospital in Berlin, NH.

Northern Forest Heritage Park

Jerry_Boucher — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:54:56 +0000

The Northern Forest Heritage Park in Berlin, NH is an interpretive center that features a recreation of a logging camp with boat rides on the Androscoggin River. Berlin was a major center of logging and pulp and paper production throughout the 19th and 20th century. The base of this sign is a replica of a boom pier that was used to divide the river between the Brown and International Paper companies for log drives.

Towed to Berlin (Save the money for the return transport)

chris — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:42:04 +0000

I visited Hartford the capital of connecticut last year and I saw the funny sign in Tremont Street! I’m from Berlin in Germany but I thought, for my hired car it’s a long way back to Berlin.