Shrinking Cities Part I (2001–2002)
![View to Mansfelder Land by Nikolaus Brade.](http://nikolausbrade.de/uploads/2012/02/shrinking_cities_1_-_Nikolaus_Brade_01-104x75.jpg)
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![Abandoned House by Nikolaus Brade.](http://nikolausbrade.de/uploads/2012/02/shrinking_cities_1_-_Nikolaus_Brade_05-104x75.jpg)
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![Abandoned House by Nikolaus Brade.](http://nikolausbrade.de/uploads/2012/02/shrinking_cities_1_-_Nikolaus_Brade_12-104x75.jpg)
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![City without Lights by Nikolaus Brade.](http://nikolausbrade.de/uploads/2012/02/shrinking_cities_1_-_Nikolaus_Brade_14-104x66.jpg)
![Abandoned House by Nikolaus Brade.](http://nikolausbrade.de/uploads/2012/02/shrinking_cities_1_-_Nikolaus_Brade_15-104x70.jpg)
![Open House by Nikolaus Brade.](http://nikolausbrade.de/uploads/2012/02/shrinking_cities_1_-_Nikolaus_Brade_16-104x71.jpg)
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Shrinking Cities Part I (2001–2002)
The series Shrinking Cities demonstrates the change in my hometown Halle at the Saale. After the wall came down in 1989, many people left town; the areas particularly hit by this efflux of population were the socialist-built “new-building areas”. Of course, this trend is symptomatic for East Germany, but Halle as a former industrial centre has been particularly hit by it. By now, the phenomenon of shrinking cities in the age of unlimited growth has become a subject of wide and intense discussions.
Die Serie Shrinking Cities zeigt den Wandel meiner Heimatstadt Halle (Saale). Nach dem Umbruch von 1989 haben sehr viele Bewohner die Stadt verlassen, besonders die Plattenbau-Viertel leiden unter der Abwanderung. Diese Entwicklung ist symptomatisch für den Osten Deutschlands, wobei Halle (Saale), als ehemals wichtiger Industriestandort, besonders unter den Folgen zu leiden hat. Inzwischen wurde eine breite gesellschaftliche Diskussion angestoßen über die Bedeutung des Schrumpfens in den Zeiten grenzenlosen Wachstums.