falling walls, historical blunders
Back in the day, Berliners were more than ready to tear down the infamous Berlin Wall when the Cold War ended in 1989. Alas, some of the wall remained, and was donned a tourist attraction.
Thanks to car emissions, Mother Nature and aging, this very wall is now crumbling away. City officials and artists are bickering about how to restore this historical site.
See, in 1990, 118 international artists were commissioned by Berlin to graffiti a stretch of the eastern side of the wall—to which the East Side Gallery belongs. Currently, 850,000 euros are needed to fly in all of these artists and have them re-graffiti their works. It's also estimated that $1.8 million are need to restore the wall's structure.
You may be wondering what's the big controversy. Just rebuild the darn thing like we did with, oh say, Williamsburg. Well, the restoration is on hold due to—what else—a lack of funding. Where's Mr. Rockefeller when you need him?
Thanks to car emissions, Mother Nature and aging, this very wall is now crumbling away. City officials and artists are bickering about how to restore this historical site.
See, in 1990, 118 international artists were commissioned by Berlin to graffiti a stretch of the eastern side of the wall—to which the East Side Gallery belongs. Currently, 850,000 euros are needed to fly in all of these artists and have them re-graffiti their works. It's also estimated that $1.8 million are need to restore the wall's structure.
You may be wondering what's the big controversy. Just rebuild the darn thing like we did with, oh say, Williamsburg. Well, the restoration is on hold due to—what else—a lack of funding. Where's Mr. Rockefeller when you need him?
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