Frankfurt Photo Gallery - City Scenes Pot Pourri

IG Farben Haus was built in the 1931 as headquarters of the German chemicals conglomerate, which went on to supply Zyklon-B, the cyanide-based killing agent used by the Nazis in the gas chambers. After World War II, the Americans occupied the building until 1995, when it was returned to Germany and became part of a university. Its history is outlined in a number of exhibition panels around the building, but of particular interest are the Paternoster elevators which don't have doors so you need to jump on carefully. A short walk away is Adolph-von-Holzhausen-Park, which was once the Holzhausen's family home from the 16th century onwards. A castle was built here in 1728 in the French classic-baroque style. The family sold the grounds to the city in 1910. The neighbourhood comprises quiet leafy streets and some really pretty houses. The Flemings Selection Hotel next to Eschenheimer Tor also features a Paternoster elevator. This one actually runs in a continuous fashion with one side going up and the other going down. The Bauernmarkt Konstablerwache is a small open-air farmer's market in the heart of the city along the pedestrian shopping street with over 50 stalls for your grocery needs. Bockenheimer Warte U-bahn station has a spectacular entrance featuring a partially-submerged train designed by Zbigniew Peter Pininski. It was designed to respond to naysayers to the city's transit expansion.