Comfort Hotel Auberge

Molecule man was something I'd really looked forward to seeing in Berlin and I was amazed and thrilled to actually pass it on our way in from the airport. This was a real plus as I didn't know where it was actually situated apart from the fact that it was near Treptow. Sorry that the photo is so bad but it was taken through the window of the bus. if you click though you can see the piece of public art I am talking about. This group of three entwined 'molecule 'men is 100 feet high and weighs several tons. Despite this, its appearance is so light as to be almost transparent and if you're not expecting it's a little like a mirage in the desert. You wonder if you've actually imagined it. After all, three men seemingly standing in the River Spree is not exactly somehing you see every day. Jonathon Borofsky designed this monumnental piece for the Allianz insurance company. It was placed in the river so that boats could pass it on either side. Borofsky has placed his massive outdoor sculptures all over the world but this is not his only involvement with Berlin. He also painted 'Running Man ' on the Berlin Wall, a painting that apparently disappeared with the wall in 1989.