Requiem of the phone booth
Rainbow Calling
Not a sight axes Peter Joseph Lenné might have had in mind but a beauitful neon rainbow illuminating the Nollendorfplatz tonight.
Sicherungskasten geöffnet (fuse box opened for security reasons)
Definitely not the perferct weather for an international call from one of the noisiest squares of Berlin, but you may listen to a speech delivered from a phone booth as a stage.
The relics of this TeleRuf phone booth have witnessed the development of the Kottbusser Tor as a deprived area. Drug trade criminality and the building of a police station enforcede the public debate on this site located in the famous SO36 district of Kreuzberg.
Basistelefone replace the phonebooth
Maintennance of the Basistelefon was less expensive and allowed full noise & weather experience during a phone call. Another advantage is their multifunctionality as a billboard. While SMS messaging from a phonebooth never became popular, plain text messages were lasting.. Textk
PPhonebooth reutilization
The remaining phonebooth are protected as monuments. They are used as public bookshelfs. This type of use is also popular in other european countries. A special reuse are the telediskos in Berlin, which accomodate a small dance floor. xtk
