**Note 1. From Niels Waller.** Kurt Preston met in Vienna in July 13 - July 19 2010 to research their common ancestral roots (Niel's grandmother Edith (Bondy) Waller is the sister of Kurt's grandmother, Martha (Bondyr) Pollak). They were to be given a tour of the old cableworks factory originally started by Neil's great grandfather, Otto Bondy. Neils had recently been sent this link - [[http://daskabelwerk.at/fotos/historische-bilder-des-kabelwerks-1908 ]] - which includes many nice photos of the factory from its earliest days.... **Note 2. From a letter to Niels Waller from [[http://daskabelwerk.at/daskabelwerk/impressum|Georg Hitsch]] (2010).** who now maintains a [[http://daskabelwerk.at/|magnificent website on the Kabelwerk]]. *The area of the "Kabel- und Drahtwerke AG" is nowadays called "Kabelwerk". There are now living approx 3000 people here. I have a private (non commercial) webpage running on http://daskabelwerk.at/ This webpage is unfortunately only in german language. Georg has: *approx 40 photos from the "Bezirksmuseum Meidling" of the KDAG, from 1908 till 1998. http://dasKabelwerk.at/transfer/Historische_Bilder_-_Meidlinger_Bezirksmuseum.zip (approx 150 MB) *some original stock-shares of KDAG from 1942. (they are not yet online) *from SIEMENS (which was the last owner of the KDAG company) a 28 pages brochure of 1972 about the history of KDAG. http://daskabelwerk.at/transfer/kdag1972.zip (approx 10 MB) *some "old" photos from 2004, before the begin of the construction of the new area: http://daskabelwerk.at/fotos/kabelwerk-fotos-20040319 *from the process of building of this new part of the town between 2005 and 2009: - approx 2000 photos from the first digging till finalisation http://daskabelwerk.at/fotos/entstehung-stadtteil-kabelwerk *some photos shot from a big crane, how the area looks today: http://daskabelwerk.at/magazin/fotogallerie-ueber-dem-kabelwerk-20100304 * "Kabel, Kupfer, Kunst" from Mr. Tano Bojankin http://www.ipts.at/Texte_Publikationen/Kabel,%20Kupfer,%20Kunst.%20Walter%20Bondy%20und%20sein%20famili%E4res%20Umfeld,%202008.pdf *Some of the multiple studies (the book people must write, when they want to get a PH.D or similar thing) regarding the area of Kabelwerk. Georg notes: *There are currently 2 more books available. (1 of them is also english language) - one is regarding the process of "designing" the new area - one is with photos shot 3 months after the close down of the KDAG company in 1997 * Regarding the exhibition: The plan is to show the people living in this are an exhibition about the area, with the following points: We have multiple exhibitions room here on the Kabelwerk area. Have a look at some of the rooms here: http://daskabelwerk.at/allgemein/palais-kabelwerk - virtual tours I will use a approx 240m2 room (I think this sould be approx 2200 square-feet) with the following stations: 1. History (1908-1998) 2. The planning process of the new city-part Kabelwerk 3. The culturale usage of the area between 1998 and 2005 4. the building process (2005-2010) 5. the "new" city part Kabelwerk (2006++) The exhibition will be supported: - by the "Bezirksmuseum Meidling" / museum of district of Meidling - by the "Bezirks Meidling" / district Meidling, which is part of Vienna - by the people who planned the kabelwerk - by the cultural organisations, who have played on the area, and are now playing again - by the "owner" of the area, which is the "Kabelwerk Bauträger GmbH" The entrance will be free of charge, there will also be an "internet documentation" / virtual exhibition available. Have a look at http://daskabelwerk.at/daskabelwerk/virtueller-besuch how we are right now documenting the exhibitions held now.