Out With The Old And In With The New

Last week, the building across the street was torn down. This is not unusual for Chemnitz or even for all of Saxony perhaps. There are many abandoned buildings like this one which have set empty for years. Many of them are empty apartment buildings. After the wall fell the population in Chemnitz dropped about 100,000 due to people moving away to other areas of Germany for jobs and better opportunities.

To me, it's kind of sad that so many of these old buildings are being torn down, but at the same time it provides a new beginning to the city. Now where there have been old, empty, falling down buildings there will be open space for grass to grow, or even new buildings that are used and lived in. The old buildings sometimes make the atmosphere of the city dark and depressing. I hope this change will make Chemnitz a brighter, more hopeful city!