01Wannsee village squareThe house Stephanie Hering and her husband Gotz Esslinger built in Wannsee
02Staff at the deli/cafe Mutter Fourage
03Hering Berlin’s porcelain showroom
04Resident Trixi Kirsch
05Hering Berlin’s porcelain showroom
06The American Academy’s own Smart car
07Rowing club logo
08Rowing club logo
09Waterski club HQ
10Frank Butzmann, of Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee
11Mutter Fourage
12Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee sailing club
13American Academy fellow Richard Deming (left) and staff
14Cheese and cakes at Mutter Fourage
15American Academy fellow Leland de la Durantaye
16Stefanie Hering’s backyard
17American Academy in Berlin
18Enjoying an evening on the beach
19Zehlendorf housing project
20Cynthia Barcomi Friedman’s Zehlendorf house, built in the early 1960s
21Barcomi Friedman, cookbook author and delicatessen owner
22Barcomi Friedman’s kitchen
23Bruno Taut Bauhaus building
The word “suburban” isn’t usually a compliment, but not all suburbs are created equal. Wannsee, at the edge of Berlin, enjoys high quality of life and surprising diversity, due to both idyllic geography and centuries of accidentally advantageous geopolitics.
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