There used to be a time, when Kreuzberg was known for the Yaam on Schlesische Straße, amazing Sigara Börek and Köfte, 36 Boys and butterfly knives. You couldn´t walk down Wrangelstrasse, if you where a foreigner, and that meant being from another district. Nowadays this is the view I get, looking out my window!
This story is told in the book `An Introduction to the World's Oceans´. When on May 27th 1990, 78,932 Nike sneakers fell overboard on their way to the US from South Korea, a quick-thinking oceanographer realized that keepingtrack of where the sneakers eventually beached would tell the world a lot about how the ocean moves.
Sneakers and toys after their rescue from cargo spills
Since I received so much feedback on the picture I posted of Dondi, I thought I post some more about this talented, stylish writer, who was so ahead of his time.