Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: Old Town Square

Although German, Albert Einstein (1879-1955) worked in many different countries during his lifetime. The Holocaust was not the only reason for this (although he was Jewish), as he was in demand at many different universities before any danger was clear. In 1911-1914 he was a professor of physics at Universita Karlova in Prague (actually in its German-language division, as it is multilingual, the German division being called Karl-Ferdinand University). During that time, he socialized in this building with Franz Kafka, Max Brod, and Josef Fanta (the architect who designed Praha Hlavni Nadrazi). At least one legend was that he worked on his theory of relativity here, but I would expect that he worked on it virtually everywhere, being very immersed in his work. According to the historian Norman Davies, Einstein even got some of his ideas about the speed of light by riding on trams (although more so in Vienna than in Prague). Eventually, Einstein settled in the United States, teaching at Princeton, while also teaching at the Institute for Advanced Study (also located in Princeton, NJ).

Here's the old town square from another angle, again in black and white.

Here I switched over to Tri-X for the remainder of my stay in Warsaw. I think the old town looks great in black and white, though. :-)

This is the famous Old Town Square of Warsaw. Like the rest of the old town, it was rebuilt in 1951-1953 following its destruction in World War II, but it feels fully authentic to visit, with the right amount of weathering and wear and tear, as that WAS still 54 years ago.