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I live in Berlin and I like the old gas lamps. Fortunately, the LED retrofits are very good at imitating the gas lights - I initially didn't expect city officia
by ahartmetz 3y ago
I live in Berlin and I like the old gas lamps. Fortunately, the LED retrofits are very good at imitating the gas lights - I initially didn't expect city officials to care and then do such a good job. I sometimes hold my ear to a lamp post to listen for the typical hissing noise. It's become rare that I hear it, and if I do, it's a surprise.
- rob74 3y agoI'm a bit confused by the article: they say that West Berlin kept the gas lamps, but Unter den Linden, which they give as one of the main examples, was in East Berlin? Especially since the "out with the old, in with the new" attitude was more widespread in the West actually (for instance, West Berlin completely dismantled their tram network, while it was kept in East Berlin). Plus, East Germany had easy access to gas from the USSR...
- flohofwoe 3y agoFound this old article from 2012, towards the end: "Mr Kujath campaigned successfully against Berlin city government plans to axe gas street lamps back in the 1980s." This must have been in West Berlin, because "successfully campaigning" wasn't really possible in 1980's East Berlin (and at least the other campaigner mentioned in the article - Ilja Richter - was a West German TV celebrity). Maybe it's some weird "West-Berlin nostalgia" going on there. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlin-s-gas-lamps-to-be-snuffed-out-8191057.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlin-s-gas... That this whole thing has a 40 year history without being resolved is also sooo "typical Berlin" ;)