Joel
On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 8:30 PM, John Wesley <godisamethodist at yahoo.com>wrote:
> The other factor that Tegel is "reminiscent" of is the Cold War and West
> Berlin's enforced isolation from 1961 through 1989 (with the exception of
> the few authorized air and ground transportation corridors across the GDR).
> I can't help but wonder if these "memories" might also be factors in
> wanting to shut down Tegel.
> In those days, Lufthansa wasn't even permitted to fly into West Berlin.
>
> Mike G.
>
> El pueblo armado jamas sera aplastado!
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Joel Schalit <jschalit at gmail.com>
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Sent: Wednesday, April 4, 2012 1:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Tegel airport
>
> That's not surprising. I expect the new airport will be more like Munich.
> Glitzy, lots of food courts, and efficient.
>
> Joel
>
> On Apr 4, 2012, at 7:57 PM, Wojtek S wrote:
>
> > And expensive. We once missed a flight there, and Lufthansa gave us a
> > food voucher for 20 euro to use before the next flight. I thought of
> > a lunch, but all we got for it was two mediocre coffees and a tiny
> > plain sandwich.
> >
> > Wojtek
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Joel Schalit <jschalit at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I love Tegel. I use it all the time. But the coffee is absolutely
> abysmal.
> >>
> >> 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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> >>
> >>
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> > http://wsokol.blogspot.com/
> >
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