Mainz Daily Photo

Category Archive: Architecture

26 Sep

Get out of the way….! – #1668

The Katharinenkirche in Oppenheim spoiling a late evening view of the Mainz Basin, a tertiary marine basin that for a time (shortly before we moved here, actually…) linked the North…
26 September, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
24 Sep

Danger! Impending blindness! – #1666

Now, I’m not for the Nanny State, with bureaucrats telling you what you can and can’t do at their whim (Friends are renovating a 1930s cottage in New Zealand. It’s…
24 September, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
19 Sep

Mainz – then and now Part 1 – #1661

The Egon Schönberger story has helped me uncover aspects of Mainz that had escaped me until now. It’s only when you start looking for specific locations that you realise how…
19 September, 2012 at 13:00 3 Comments
13 Sep

Locks II – #1655

PDA*s on the lenticularly-trussed railway bridge across the Rhine. There are so many of these darn things attached to the fence that the bridge is taking on a significant list…
13 September, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
11 Sep

Lock – #1653

11 September, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
10 Aug

Not a chance – #1621

I can safely offer a free coffee at the TSOW to anyone who comes up with a location for this Madonna. The only people who know a) don’t have a…
10 August, 2012 at 13:00 3 Comments
08 Aug

Guest photog – #1619

Ms jb’s friend Gudrun supplies her with a steady stream of images. I don’t think she (Gudrun) really knows how good a photographer she is… Eltville on t’other side of…
8 August, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
07 Aug

Lawbreaker – #1618

Again. No stopping? On a farm track through a motorway underpass? OK. I’ll move…
7 August, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
24 Jul

So wattle we call this tree, then..? -#1604

True story. Wattle and daub is a 6000 year old (neolithic, even) building technique. A woven lattice of wooden strips acts as in the same way as reinforcing netting does…
24 July, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
19 Jul

Intricacy at the Alte Waggonfabrik – #1602

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25 Jun

High and drei – #1579

The “Drei-Mädchen” fountain on the Ballplatz, suffering from severe dehydration. The reason: No money. As usual. Mainz has enormous debts – close to €1bn – and it costs €220,000 annually…
25 June, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
23 Jun

Wheely interesting – #1577

Detail in the cloisters of St Stephans church. Here’s the true story (I’m in the process of picking up some work, translating audio book texts. The one about Mainz STILL…
23 June, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
20 Jun

A man after my own heart – #1574

Didn’t know that Marc Chagall was a drinking man, but why else would he smuggle a serving wench carrying 2 decent sized glasses of ale into one of his windows…
20 June, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
13 Jun

The power of the Lord – #1567

And it came to pass that THE LORD did appear before the HIGH PRIEST of the Melanchthonkirche in the Schlesische Viertel of the City of Mayence and SPAKE unto him…
13 June, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
08 Jun

The gray-scale sketching got a bit boring…. – #1562

So I bought some watercolours to liven it all up a bit Augustinerstrasse in the Altstadt
8 June, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
02 Jun

Sold the camera… – #1556

Bought a sketchpad and some pencils. Not bad for a first effort, eh?
2 June, 2012 at 13:00 3 Comments
29 May

If this is meant to frighten me…#1552

…it does. Gargoyle in the Dagobertstrasse.
29 May, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
28 Oct

Old meets new – #1495

Fort Stahlberg,  a defensive tower built in the mid-19th century as part of the fortifications protecting Mainz from the marauding Huns …er …French and other sundry ratbags, has recently been…
28 October, 2011 at 08:00 2 Comments
25 Oct

I have no idea where I am – #1492

I suppose I could triangulate my position, though…
25 October, 2011 at 08:00 5 Comments
24 Oct

Go fly a kite – #1491

Supplementary decorative detail on the Markthäuser
24 October, 2011 at 08:00 1 Comment
22 Oct

Shades of blue – #1489

Motorway railing in Laubenheim
22 October, 2011 at 08:00 1 Comment
15 Oct

Heimat – #1482

The German language has some heroically long words  – Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz, for example. It also has some that are exquisite in their succinctness and challenging in their resistance to simple translation…
15 October, 2011 at 08:00 4 Comments
12 Oct

Stairway to heaven – #1479

Shadowy stuff at the motorway underpass in Laubenheim
12 October, 2011 at 08:00 4 Comments
15 Sep

I love the sound of breaking glass – #1452

Industrial decay at the Zündholzfabrik [Matchstick Factory] in Mainz-Kostheim. Nick Lowe had something to say about that…
15 September, 2011 at 08:00 1 Comment
14 Sep

Every cloud… #1451

..has a silver lining. Der Hohe Dom zu Mainz (Mainz Cathedral to you…) reflected on wet cobblestones on the market
14 September, 2011 at 08:00 2 Comments
04 Sep

Through any window – reloaded – #1441

Detail on the Vertical Village aka “Elsa”, the highrises (as in “23-story-highrises”) that Ms jb manages in Gonso. HT to Wisely for continued enjoyment
4 September, 2011 at 08:00 1 Comment
27 Jul

Bauhaus meets Gothic – #1402

Almost toppled off the trusty velocipede when I first clapped eyes on this place last year. This is the Don Bosco Catholic Youth Centre, an organisation supported by Diocese of…
27 July, 2011 at 13:00 2 Comments
16 Jul

Climbing wall…..#1391

Beginner level stuff. Urban recycling on the Kästrich. (Just make sure you don’t fall in through the windows….)
16 July, 2011 at 01:00 2 Comments
27 Feb

Anniversary – #11

The church of St. Stephan in Mainz – founded by Bishop Willigis in 990, the present structure dating back to the 12th century – was heavily damaged by bombing 62…
27 February, 2007 at 07:08 6 Comments