Before catching a train out of Berlin today, I took a walk along the East Berlin Gallery - a mile-long portion of the Berlin Wall painted by artists (and many unnamed graffiti taggers)from around the world. The wall was torn down rapidly in 1989 and very little of it remains throughout the city, but a cobblestone line marks where it once stood.
East Berlin has been under major construction ever since the wall came down and now bears little resemblance to its days occupied by the Soviets. One of the few East Berlin symbols remaining are the pedestrian traffic lights. Named "Ampfelmann," the cheery little walk/don't walk character has a little more personality than the typical stick man version.
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