StephenBln
@stephenbln.bsky.social
🇩🇪Berliner since 1983. From London.
Lapsed Runner, Social Historian. 🏳️🌈
I post on Architecture, Books, Buses, Maps, ÖPNV, Trains, Trams, Public Transport.
Sometimes I'm not at my desk, but in the toilet https://x.com/StephenBln.
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Lapsed Runner, Social Historian. 🏳️🌈
I post on Architecture, Books, Buses, Maps, ÖPNV, Trains, Trams, Public Transport.
Sometimes I'm not at my desk, but in the toilet https://x.com/StephenBln.
I block bots.
From the Allen Ginsberg FB Site - Gregory Corso's A Bed's Lament.
November 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
From the Allen Ginsberg FB Site - Gregory Corso's A Bed's Lament.
The day will come when these maga fascists get their day in court. And they'll look pretty pretty behind bars.
October 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The day will come when these maga fascists get their day in court. And they'll look pretty pretty behind bars.
Hey Mike, do you perhaps know how old these ticket machines were. I know some were introduced in the late 20s, early 30s.. but were these the same model? Or are they a later version? Were any saved?
October 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Hey Mike, do you perhaps know how old these ticket machines were. I know some were introduced in the late 20s, early 30s.. but were these the same model? Or are they a later version? Were any saved?
I got a shot of the Chemist's in October 2010. Less than a year before it closed.
October 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I got a shot of the Chemist's in October 2010. Less than a year before it closed.
Hiroshimasteg in 10785 Berlin, Germany - Summer & Winter. #Deutschland
September 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Hiroshimasteg in 10785 Berlin, Germany - Summer & Winter. #Deutschland
Schloßstraße today.
August 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Schloßstraße today.
Three modes of BVG public transport - Trams, Double-Deck buses, Articulated buses. Seen in 35°C on 14 August 2025 at Berlin Hauptbahnhof.
August 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Three modes of BVG public transport - Trams, Double-Deck buses, Articulated buses. Seen in 35°C on 14 August 2025 at Berlin Hauptbahnhof.
Reminders of Putin's terror regime outside of the Russian Embassy yesterday afternoon. Stalin's enormous complex is barricaded off and the apartments behind it have also been empty for a decade or so.
The captured Russian tanks were parked outside the Embassy in February 2023.
The captured Russian tanks were parked outside the Embassy in February 2023.
August 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Reminders of Putin's terror regime outside of the Russian Embassy yesterday afternoon. Stalin's enormous complex is barricaded off and the apartments behind it have also been empty for a decade or so.
The captured Russian tanks were parked outside the Embassy in February 2023.
The captured Russian tanks were parked outside the Embassy in February 2023.
You don't often see Ik units working the U4. Seen at U-Bhf Nollendorfplatz. The last time I saw one was in 2022 (Second photo).
This 100-year old station has some stability issues (Berlin underground stations are cut and cover into sand) and will be closed for a few months in early 2026.
This 100-year old station has some stability issues (Berlin underground stations are cut and cover into sand) and will be closed for a few months in early 2026.
August 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
You don't often see Ik units working the U4. Seen at U-Bhf Nollendorfplatz. The last time I saw one was in 2022 (Second photo).
This 100-year old station has some stability issues (Berlin underground stations are cut and cover into sand) and will be closed for a few months in early 2026.
This 100-year old station has some stability issues (Berlin underground stations are cut and cover into sand) and will be closed for a few months in early 2026.
Schiffshebewerk Finow, Germany. It really is time for you to do Germany.Boat Lifts just north east of Berlin. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niederf... @mrjamesob.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Schiffshebewerk Finow, Germany. It really is time for you to do Germany.Boat Lifts just north east of Berlin. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niederf... @mrjamesob.bsky.social
Berlin-Friedenau in 2025/II
July 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Berlin-Friedenau in 2025/II
Berlin-Friedenau in July 2025/1
July 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Berlin-Friedenau in July 2025/1
..and they want 450 quid for it !!
July 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
..and they want 450 quid for it !!
Comparison of Farage's F (left) and Hitler's (right).
July 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Comparison of Farage's F (left) and Hitler's (right).
Jannowitzbrücke open as first, two days after the wall fell. Cleaning work still going on in shot of 11/11.1989. In that and the 2014 comparison black peep holes (preserved) for armed guards in the platform store room can be seen.
July 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Jannowitzbrücke open as first, two days after the wall fell. Cleaning work still going on in shot of 11/11.1989. In that and the 2014 comparison black peep holes (preserved) for armed guards in the platform store room can be seen.
Yes, a few have survived. The museum is currently closed to the public. A couple of East Berlin D/Ds survive too.
July 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Yes, a few have survived. The museum is currently closed to the public. A couple of East Berlin D/Ds survive too.
Yeah, although Beeline's yellow is pretty insipid (In my opinion). Yellow has a history on public transport back to the 1920s in Berlin, although the nazis removed it (for a standardised national beige), it was back after re-unification. www.flickr.com/photos/isars...
July 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Yeah, although Beeline's yellow is pretty insipid (In my opinion). Yellow has a history on public transport back to the 1920s in Berlin, although the nazis removed it (for a standardised national beige), it was back after re-unification. www.flickr.com/photos/isars...
Yellow Berlin this week.
June 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Yellow Berlin this week.
I have this photo in my collection. I believe it is in Austria, not Germany - 1950s. The Messerschmidt SXV still exists in 2025 and was sold on 12/11/22 for: £25,833!
May 29, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I have this photo in my collection. I believe it is in Austria, not Germany - 1950s. The Messerschmidt SXV still exists in 2025 and was sold on 12/11/22 for: £25,833!
Berlin Cemetery - Commonwealth Graves.
May 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Berlin Cemetery - Commonwealth Graves.
Ich habe mich gefragt, warum nicht Tagelöhner. Könnte die Verwendung von 'Tagearbeiter' regional sein? Ich glaube auch, dass das seltsame „e“ daher kommt, dass der Autor beim Schreiben nicht sicher war, ob er Tagarbeiter oder TagEarbeiter schreiben sollte.
April 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Ich habe mich gefragt, warum nicht Tagelöhner. Könnte die Verwendung von 'Tagearbeiter' regional sein? Ich glaube auch, dass das seltsame „e“ daher kommt, dass der Autor beim Schreiben nicht sicher war, ob er Tagarbeiter oder TagEarbeiter schreiben sollte.
Published as the Reshaping Plan. Photos from my flickr London Buses Album: www.flickr.com/photos/isars...
April 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Published as the Reshaping Plan. Photos from my flickr London Buses Album: www.flickr.com/photos/isars...
The post-war rebuild of St.-Hedwigs-Kathedrale in (East) Berlin. Now all removed and lower level closed. My photo. www.flickr.com/photos/isars...
April 11, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The post-war rebuild of St.-Hedwigs-Kathedrale in (East) Berlin. Now all removed and lower level closed. My photo. www.flickr.com/photos/isars...