tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post4831528389516895105..comments2024-03-27T06:20:06.991+00:00Comments on fantastic journal: The Hills Are AliveCharles Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08749776401395551607noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-56450778859395703452009-11-03T09:53:03.355+00:002009-11-03T09:53:03.355+00:00It's my translation from a Bild.de article at:...It's my translation from a Bild.de article at:<br /><br />http://www.bild.de/BILD/muenchen/serien/unsere-stadt/olympiapark/-fakten-und-service.htmlKarlhttp://journeymanconsultant.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-86737732733785174052009-11-02T21:58:01.039+00:002009-11-02T21:58:01.039+00:00That's very interesting. Where is the top quot...That's very interesting. Where is the top quote from?Charles Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08749776401395551607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-32226379435918978862009-11-02T21:33:43.659+00:002009-11-02T21:33:43.659+00:00Apparently a 60m high "mountain of rubbish pl...Apparently a 60m high "mountain of rubbish plastered with WW2 rubble" was turned into the 'Olympiaberg' on the site. I visited a flat in the 'Village' in 1991... the tenant was obsessed with toxic gases seeping from the ground.<br /><br />Sydney's site was also a reclaimed landfill.<br /><br />Some interesting stuff on Olympic sites here (scrol thru for Eng text): <br />http://www.iaks.info/dokumente/upload/kongress/Olympiastadien_20_Jahrhunderts.pdfKarlhttp://www.journeymanconsultant.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-36376237398379183542009-11-02T20:51:55.091+00:002009-11-02T20:51:55.091+00:00Thanks, i didn't know that (obviously). I had ...Thanks, i didn't know that (obviously). I had presumed it to be a bomb site actually but didn't know for sure. It seems quite central to be landfill.Charles Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08749776401395551607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-24046851804484529052009-11-02T19:47:43.496+00:002009-11-02T19:47:43.496+00:00The photos aren't rubbish... they're *of* ...The photos aren't rubbish... they're *of* rubbish: The stadium is built on a former landfill site.Karlhttp://journeymanconsultant.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com