Just south of the bustling streets of Berlin is an unusual park filled with decaying railway cars and art installations. The site originally housed the Tempelhof railway switchyard, constructed in the late 19th-century and completed in 1889. Throughout the early 20th century, the area boomed with industrial growth and the roar of steam engines. Following World War II, the railyard was gradually decommissioned and finally closed in 1952. Decades of non-use allowed nature to reclaim the site. Local citizens, inspired by the area’s wondrous ecology, pressured the city to preserve…
