leipzig: future or past?

This building, or should I say it's remains stood on the verge of downtown Leipzig. It used to be a shopping center and was eventually demolished in 2010. I took this picture before the demolition but after the removal of aluminum panels that covered the facade for the last couple of decades.
The construction looked like an adopted old building; the exposed core made impression of a structure out of a science-fiction movie.
The raw photograph was treated with 30% transparent mask of a HDR image.

leipzig: sealed off


Many buildings in the capital of Saxony (especially office or university) have exterior blinds in the windows to seal off the afternoon sun. Strangely enough, since the city is within the Temperate Climate zone.
It's indeed a weird view; brings to one's mind thoughts of a post apocalyptic city out of some movie...

leipzig: mehr lesen wissen konnen


A vintage neon, literally it means you can know more by reading more, correct me if I'm wrong, my Deutsch needs Polishing.
Being a former biggest city of East Germany (not counting Berlin), Leipzig housed some government institutions. This building might had been serving as a ministry of education of some sort.