by By KIMBERLY BRADLEY

From Berlin Hackescher Markt and heading northwest, the original attraction of Rosenthaler Strasse was the shopping mecca at least since the first urban renewal breaker tack-Communist Berlin in the mid-1990s. But beyond flat replacement of the avenue or so, the harvest catchy thin. vacant lots interspersed with gray Communist-era homes and a few surviving old buildings to give birth to an urban landscape uneven and unattractive. That is, until very recently. Just last year, pushing several affordable hotels were opened, and they were joined by some new stores and positive.

Source: Berlin Shopping Stretch Is Reborn - In Transit Blog - NYTimes.com

by By LISA PHAM

The dancing is Latin, the situation sounds German, but it’s all very Parisian.

Lovers of throb and skip should get their fete shoes friendly for the Salsa Village of Oberkampf fete on Sunday. From 3 p.m. until 2 a.m., D.J.’s and musicians will be playing Latino-inspired music in a dozen bars in the Oberkampf block, a Parisian area near the Canal Saint-Martin.

Anyway in the reality be wrecked Nazem Ghemraoui explained that the nomadic commemoration, which took condition in the Strasbourg–Saint-Denis arena last year, was invented as a way to traverse several Parisian districts, all while celebrating the festive world of salsa. “It’s about discovering the loving, exceptional and humble,” he said. “Salsa represents a joy and sensuality that envelops the planet.”

The feast is organized by the Caravane de la Salsa collective, which was established last year. It hopes to reunite a number of salsa communities in Paris. Mr. Ghemraoui said that while salsa enthusiasts half-bred together 10 or 15 years ago, the Parisian community has since dispersed into smaller groups according to sundry styles of the cavort. The collective also hopes to  build outside parties in the burgh’s parks in lawfulness to produce the bop back to the streets.

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