Sculptural angel by O.Schimkowitz, over the front entrance of the Steinhof Church by O.Wagner, 1907.
Othmar Schimkowitz was a Hungarian-born artist and architectural sculptor in Vienna. In 1898, he joined the artists’ breakway group, Secession. Schimkowitz’s contributions are seen in a variety of Vienna’s architectural landmarks, including sculptures for Otto Wagner’s creations; e.g., Austrian Post Savings Bank, Muse House, Steinhof Church.
2018 marks the centenary of Vienna Modernism, as the city highlights the works of Gustav Klimt, Koloman Moser, Egon Schiele, and Otto Wagner throughout the entire year.
Vienna, 🇦🇹 - 18 May 2018 (HL, c6d img tag 93766).
Every person who begins the ascent to Hafekelar mountain from Innsbruck's city centre shares in a part of architectural history and legacy. Inaugurated in 2007, the newly redesigned Hungerburg funicular (Hungerburgbahn) was the brainchild of Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid. She was the first woman to win the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest accolade, in 2004.
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Hungerburg station, Innsbruck, 🇦🇹 - 10 May 2018 (HL, c6d img tag 92219).
Innsbruck is home to a part of Zaha Hadid's important architectural legacy. Every person who begins the ascent to Hafekelar mountain from the city centre shares in that legacy. Inaugurated in 2007, the latest version of the Hungerburg funicular (Hungerburgbahn) was designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid who was the first woman to win the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest accolade, in 2004.
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Alpenzoo station, Innsbruck, 🇦🇹 - 10 May 2018 (HL, c6d img tag 92187).
Every person who begins the ascent to Hafekelar mountain from Innsbruck's city centre shares in a part of architectural history and legacy. Inaugurated in 2007, the newly redesigned Hungerburg funicular (Hungerburgbahn) was the brainchild of Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid. She was the first woman to win the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest accolade, in 2004.
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Löwenhaus station, Innsbruck, 🇦🇹 - 10 May 2018 (HL, c6d img tag 92174).
If "Speck" is loosely translated as "bacon", how about a place that only produces and sells smoked pork products. 🐷🥓 Speckeria continues a proud century-old tradition of Tirolian smoked bacon for which they have at least four types: Kaiserspeck (rear loin), Schinkenspeck (shoulder), Bauchspeck (belly), and Kareespeck (back). The placard out front advertises (and perhaps snares the unsuspecting) with the Jausenbrettl (the platter of goodness), Speckpanini (crusty bread with thinly sliced bacon), and Fleischkäsesemmel (crusty roll with meat loaf). Not only is there a shop, there's seating inside and outside. Und nun hab' ich imma Hunga.
Innsbruck, 🇦🇹 - 11 May 2018 (HL, x70 img tags 781, 786).
Sunglasses at 830 in the morning, here on Riesengasse: wait, isn't that an oxymoron?
We travel to distant locations and we walk the streets to seek and fulfill plans devised from afar. The bakery behind me has been open for a couple of hours (duh), and I'm munching on one of their freshly baked goods (double-duh), when I see the hanging decorative elements common to this city. Highlighted by the morning sun, an optician is indicated by the bright yellow sun and blue glasses. A big brown plastic pretzel hangs over the bakery, Bäckerei Kröll, behind me. Careful plans I made an age ago on the other side of the planet are quietly interrupted by this singular moment of magic.
Innsbruck, 🇦🇹 - 11 May 2018 (HL, x70 img tag 715).
In front of the building at Connollystrasse 31 in Munich's Olympic Village is this commemorative plaque to 11 members of the Israeli national team killed in 1972.
In diesem Gebäude wohnte während der XX. Olympischen Sommerspiele die Mannschaft des Staates Israel vom 21. August bis zum 5. September 1972. Am 5. September starben eines gewaltsames Todes: David Berger, Seew Friedman, Josef Gutfreund, Elieser Halfin, Josef Romano, Amizur Shapira, Kehat Shorr, Mark Slavin, Andre Spitzer, Jaakow Springer, Mosche Weinberger. Ehre Ihrem Andenken.
The Israel national team stayed at this location for the 20th Olympic Summer Games from 21 August to 5 September 1972. Killed on 5 September were: David Berger, Seew Friedman, Josef Gutfreund, Elieser Halfin, Josef Romano, Amizur Shapira, Kehat Shorr, Mark Slavin, Andre Spitzer, Jaakow Springer, Mosche Weinberger. In honour of their memory.
This is one of three sites in Munich's Olympic Park and Village commemorating the tragedy during the 1972 Summer Olympics, including the Place of Remembrance and the "Wailing Beam" sculpture.
München, 🇩🇪 - 2 Jun 2018 (HL, x70 img tag 7802). #olympiaattentat #munich1972
In Munich's Olympic Park and Village, three sites commemorate the tragedy during the 1972 Summer Olympics. On the 5th of September, members of the Black September terrorist group entered the village and forced their way into the residence building for the Israeli Olympic Team. Inside less than 24 hours, 11 Israelis were among the dead.
Fritz Koenig's Klagebalken ("Wailing Beam") sculpture is a large rectangular ten-metre long slab of granite on which the names in Hebrew of the eleven Israelis killed and the name in Latin of one German police officer are inscribed. The sculpture is also called “Denkmal für die Opfer des Olympiaattentats 1972” (Memorial to the victims of the 1972 Olympics massacre). The three sites in the park are the "Wailing Beam" sculpture (shown here), Place of Remembrance, and the memorial plaque at Connollystrasse 31. More on the blog from the profile link.
München, 🇩🇪 - 2 Jun 2018 (HL, x70 img tag 7763). #olympiaattentat #olympiaattentat1972
3 Responses to “16 for (20)16: Urban Moments”
great images! some of them are also thought-provoking!
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Hi and thanks, Tanja. I’m glad some of these pictures gave you pause for additional consideration. 🙂
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