Urban developement

As already mentioned, we've been along parts of the marathon course by bike yesterday.

So when you're on the way towards the Finish you can see the old water tower "Wasserturm" in the middle of the Schanzenpark, which is now renovated by an investor. The whole story about it is varying between criminal, hilarious and pulp fiction. Much of it was scandalized where I don't really see the point (can the city pay for a building which is not of any use anymore, but which is hell of expensive only for being repaired? I think no) other points weren't scandalized (how the f**k can you sell a building for 1 German Mark and then nothing's happening, and there were no guarantees in the contract that the city would get it back after some time. Hello?! Who did this shabby contract?. At the same time the areal of the fair is spreading right now, with lots of new buildings. But to keep it short, I took some pictures: