This is one of those non-SketchUp instances where I just wanted to share something interesting and relevant in a different sense.
In the comments section below the photo (at the photo blog) you will see a Google Maps view of the same location-- unfortunately the railroad is gone, replaced in part by a large highway interchange.
Often in the Shorpy blog users will post either a Google Maps view or, more often, a Google Street View image, adding layers of information to the historic photo. You can see what was there vs. what's there now-- sometimes the old places still exist, buried amongst new glass skyscrapers. Other times they are left largely intact. And sometimes they have vanished altogether.
For added interest, another user posted this link of a physical, scale model of the inclined railroad. I would think most SketchUp modelers will be interested to see this. According to Pete Blackshaw, owner of the model, it is the work of nationally-recognized modeler Leo Knoll and his son Mark.
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I will make it. Like th Krolloper, now it's not there anymore, but this time there are a lot of photos of it.
So... you are going to make a model? Interesting ID by the way! To the uninitiated, the Krolloper was an opera house in Berlin and temporary seat of power among the Nazis (I had to look that up). From wikipedia: "On 23 March 1933, the Reichstag session in the Kroll Opera House passed the "Enabling Act" that gave Adolf Hitler virtually unlimited power." Also, reichsleiter (our modeler's screen handle) refers to the position of second-in-command to the Fuhrer.
The Krolloper was a really beautiful building. I tried to make it but I found not enough textures, so my model is incomplete (you can find it in the Warehouse).
I've got the basic shape of the incline. Later today I will upload it.
PD: I have a problem with my last Reich Chancellery model, the KMZ file does not load. Any idea?
I'm not sure what specifically your problem is, but the best thing is to click 'help' on the warehouse pages (or at the top small column of this blog) and search the forums. If nothing seems to help you can post a question there and get answers from a broad spectrum of people with all sorts of experiences and backgrounds.
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