ELECTRICITY IN VEINS: BERLIN IN 1931

„A real ‚Stadtmensch’ feels it in his veins and his nerves when electric light shoots into millions of light bulbs and has them burst with illumination that makes wide streets seem shrouded in unexpected fireworks.

At that moment he can no longer bear sitting at his desk. At that moment he craves for a light-bath and some of that electric power to irradiate his limbs. Just a stroll under neon ads feels like a reviving shower, adds buoyancy, brings lust for life, offers expectancy and hope for an experience and adventure. Or at least for something you can feel."

From Curt Moreck's "Ein Führer durch das lasterhafte Berlin", 1931.