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17 August 2003
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"Fuerther
Nachrichten" from 11 September 2002:
The Middle School has been renovated. Parts of the special education school
at Monteith Barracks will move into the new "Foerderzentrum Sued".
The school will be named "Jakob-Wassermann-School" as it is located
at this street.
The gym has now a 20 ft. high climbing wall and will be used by sports clubs
after schooltime.
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History
Kalb Housing Fuerth
This housing was constructed between
1950 and 1955 for U.S. personnel. It was named in honor of Baron de Kalb,
born in 1721, in the tiny village of Huettendorf near Fuerth.
Considered to be the most competent
and prudent foreign officer serving with the U.S.
Army in those days, he made
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The Community Theater is pulled down in February 1997
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A super market is built at the same place in June 2000 |
decisive contributions
to victory in the Battle
of Camden, South Carolina in 1780.
Baron de Kalb died from
the 11 wounds received in that battle.
The Kalb-Housing has been
completely renovated. To each unit balconies were added and yards were fenced
in. Some of the 1,234 apartments were sold as condominiums, some are rented
and some are for social housing.
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The Gas Station at Fronmuellerstrasse is pulled down in February 1997
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The junction Fronmueller- and Schwabacher Strasse (Feb. 1997)
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The same view in June 2000
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It was a long struggle replacing the asbestos, PCB-contaminated floors in
most of the apartments. Now the housing area is looking very nice.
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Empty houses in October 1996
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Reconstruction in progress in February 1997
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Members of the German-American Men's Club visit the renovation site
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Nicely renovated in June 2000
Left: balconies at Jakob-Wassermann-Str. on 12 July 2003
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"Typical
German" on the left:
Some parking lots along the sidewalks were sold to appartment owners who
had problems to keep them clear from other cars as they could not be marked
clearly. So one of the owners mounted a sign above his parking lot. It says:
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Piczutres from Werner Bäuerlein (about 1989).
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Gas station Schwabacher Straße.
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At Fronmüller Straße.
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Junction Fronmüller and Waldstraße.
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Junction Fronmüller and Waldstraße.
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John F. Kennedy Straße.
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At Thomas-Mann-Straße.
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Thomas-Mann-Straße.
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Steubenstraße (above).
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Launderette Fronmüllerstraße.
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Burger King at Waldstraße.
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Wendy Burger at Fronmüllerstraße.
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Above: Jakob-Wassermann-Str. in 1961.
Left Kalb Club in 1961 (both pictures from Harry Ross).
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Left: The Batchelor Officers Quarters (BOQ) was one of the wto buildings
on the west side of Waldstrasse, probably 1000 ft. northwest of the PX.
Housed mostly junior officers from the Fuerth area and some civilians
(picture from 1961 from Harry Ross)
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Pastorius Housing Area Nuernberg
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15 September 2002:
Pastorius Housing is looking like a complete copy of Kalb Housing in Fuerth.
The same balconies, many colorful flowers and nicely renvated outsides.
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Pastorius Str. 22B-2 in 1990
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Pastorius 22 signs of welcoming
us back from desert Storm 1991 (picture from Cecil Simpson)
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Pictures from Werner Bäuerlein, taken at Pastorius Housing after
the drawdown.
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Erlangen Housing Area
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The housing area around Johann-Kalb-
and Schenk-Strasse has been slightly renovated. No nice balconies have
been added like at Kalb-Housing in Fuerth. The houses look almost the
same as before.
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Both
photos were taken on
7 April 2002. |
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| Herzo Base Housing Area |
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Left: I happend to find this flag. No idea what they were celebrating there. |
25 April 2010: The Herzo Housing Area. |
Nicely renovated houses with balconies in different colours. |
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"Typical German"? |
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One buliding is used by the "Lebenshilfe", a caregiving organization for handicapped. |
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Schwabach Housing Area
see O'Brien Barracks |
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Dambach Housing
Area Fuerth
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The houses have been sold
to German families and were slightly renovated. Only a few more fences
and bushes show that the inhabitants won't change every two or three years.  |
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Below: Pictures from 9 October 2009
During the last 15 years the bushes and trees have grown, but some
houses look quite unchanged. At others you can see that the residents
have lived here for a long time and have collected many things, mostly
stored in their car ports.
The "infields" of the housing area has been carefully protected by
fences and warning signs which prohibit entrance for non-residents. For
the children nice playgrounds had been built.
In the whole area a 20 mph limit should slow down the traffic.
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17 July 1994 |
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Right and above: Both pictures were taken on 1 May 2002
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Left: Army Energy Program 1987 |
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