Decommissioned tram depot in the Berlin district of Pankow by Silva Wischeropp

This photo was taken in the well-known and popular Berlin district of PANKOW and shows an old, now disused tram depot with an old tram stop in black and white. This photo was taken with the Nikon D90.
The graphic, abstract conversion into the classic black and white gives the image motif an elegant, timeless atmosphere.

As Station III of the Great Berlin Tramway, the depot on Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße Dietzgenstraße/corner of Schillerstraße was opened for electric operation on 26 May 1901. It offered space for 190 railcars and sidecars. In addition to the vehicle hall with workshop and tracks 1-19, the ensemble of buildings also included an administration building with flats for the manager of the depot and the head locksmith.
A horse-drawn railway line had already existed since 1892 from Berlin Town Hall to today's Ossietzkyplatz.
With the construction of the new depot, the line network was extended at the same time.
The depot, built in 1901, has lain derelict for several years because the filigree but listed gateways are too narrow for the modern trams now used by BVG.

Created by Silva Wischeropp.

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Silva Wischeropp was born in the Hanseatic city of Wismar in the former GDR. Today she lives and works in Berlin. As an experienced and passionate travel photographer whose interests span a broad range, she focuses on portraiture, street life, reportage, documentary, travel, tourism, landscape and nature. In addition, she is known for her recordings in the fields of architecture and fashion. Since 2016, her new repertoire includes surreal digital photo collages. For 20 years she has been known in Germany and abroad as a creative photo artist. Her works have been widely published and exhibited. "The photographic image process represents my personal work and creation area. This means dealing with image worlds, politics, human needs and sensitivities. The camera expands my scope to meet that other reality. Photography makes me happy, creates joy, closes boundaries, opens new doors, widens horizons. The camera teaches me to see, to sharpen the view, to capture moments, to perceive fleeting moments that are not visible to others. I am a creative person, a picture-maker, who draws on herself, does not copy a lot and develops her own imagery. So I move between the poles, reach different fixed points, look behind the scenes. Out of the thousandfold existing I manage to bring out something unique, unique moments of the picture."

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