leipzig: neue messe

The new Leipzig Trade Fair.
Here, a work of polish artist, Stanisław Dróżdż, Odtąd, Dotąd

leipzig: alte messe


I.E. Old Fair. This particular building is the former Soviet Pavilion. Although new investments, such as the National Library or Leipzig University buildings, arise around the Old Fair area, the quarter itself is still underdeveloped. Some buildings are abandoned, some house retail businesses. Also there is a spot where guys from Leipzig Bike Polo meet up Friday nights to play pick-up games and have beers.

leipzig: postamt

Part of the facade of the main post office building in LE. Built in '64 on Augustusplatz, one of the main public plazas in Leipzig, it represents East German Modernism. Unfortunately with a little respect for the architecture of this era, now it's run down and decaying.