Joel
On Apr 4, 2012, at 7:20 PM, Wojtek S wrote:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/04/world/europe/berlin-is-getting-a-new-airport-but-many-prefer-the-old.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
>
> “I think it’s terrible,” said Yaver Karablut, a frequent flier who far
> prefers Tegel, the airport in the former West Berlin scheduled to
> close when the new one opens. With a sigh, Mr. Karablut ticked off the
> reasons: Tegel is easier to get to and to navigate. “I really think
> it’s a shame,” he said.
>
> Designed in 1965 according to the short-lived “drive to your gate”
> concept, Tegel’s narrow building is shaped like a hexagon. Cars can
> travel along the inner sides, and airplanes dock along the outer
> sides. Each gate has its own yellow fiberglass check-in counter, so
> taxi and airplane are separated by about 100 feet.
>
> [WS:] Tegel is a funny airport - quite minimalist for the capital of
> a major European power. In that respect, it it reminiscent of Bonn -
> a sleepy provincial town that used to be the the capital of the
> Federal Republic (prior to the unification.) Both Tegel and Bonn
> create an illusion of visiting Disneyland - where structures are
> scaled down to create a sense of gemuetlichkeit - yet they are fully
> functional real-life places, not theme parks created for
> entertainment.
>
> Read more at http://wsokol.blogspot.com/2012/04/auf-wiedersehen-tegel.html
>
> Wojtek
>
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