At the end of May, I had taken the big Sony camera out for a spin on the riverfront for the first time and the results were pretty impressive. At first I was a bit apprehensive of not having the focal range of the SX30, but after a while I found out that the 17-50mm lens is really good enough for 90% of all situations and I only changed to the 70-210mm briefly to get some better closeups.

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Another demolition site panorama with excavators lined up and an almost unobstructed view of the city hall, somthing this city hasn’t seen in literally ages.

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The last remains of the Kaufhof looked tiny among the surrounding houses.

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Another panorama of the demolition site, with the excavators posing nicely.

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Of course I could not resist a shot with the excavator in front of the last Kaufhof remnants.

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Another view of the demolition site, notably not only because of the Kaufhof remnants, but also because you can glimpse a peek of the highrises and both Mülheim’s inner city church towers!

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An unobstructed view of the Rieken-Haus from the North,
something Mülheim has not seen in over half a century!

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There was an impressive pile of steel wiring on the other side of the demolition site.

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A panorama of the Kaufhof demolition site from mid-January – you haven’t been able to see so many of the surrounding houses in more than sixty years from this perspective!

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It was just standing there like something forgotten.

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