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50 YEARS LATER - A UNIFIED BERLIN AND A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD: “Germans will gather this weekend at the spot where the wall stood and reflect on how it shaped their lives and their society. While most of the wall is gone, a section still stands in the center of the city on a street called Bernauer Strasse. When the city was divided, this area was a no-man’s land, covered in barbed wire and constantly monitored from watch towers. NPR’s Bilal Qureshi recently visited the street, in what is now one of the city’s most fashionable neighborhoods. Trams and bikes glide along in front of renovated apartment buildings. And that no-man’s land has been turned into a park.” http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139561087/remembering-the-berlin-wall-50-years-on

50 YEARS LATER - A UNIFIED BERLIN AND A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD:

“Germans will gather this weekend at the spot where the wall stood and reflect on how it shaped their lives and their society. While most of the wall is gone, a section still stands in the center of the city on a street called Bernauer Strasse. When the city was divided, this area was a no-man’s land, covered in barbed wire and constantly monitored from watch towers.

NPR’s Bilal Qureshi recently visited the street, in what is now one of the city’s most fashionable neighborhoods. Trams and bikes glide along in front of renovated apartment buildings. And that no-man’s land has been turned into a park.”

http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139561087/remembering-the-berlin-wall-50-years-on

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