GEISBERG BERLIN // "Und ab die Post" (And away we go) - 05.08.2021

Yes, there were indeed times in which the German word Post had a feminine and not a masculine article. And yes, this occurred because the post office had not yet found clandestine shelters, its counters tucked away in kiosks and shops.

An article by architecture critic Hubertus Adam that begins with these intriguing words has just been published in the db Deutsche Bauzeitung.

https://www.db-bauzeitung.de/bauen-im-bestand/berlin-post-und-telegrafenamt-wird-zu-wohnkomplex/


Photo by Schnepp Renou, 2020