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Part of remaining Berlin Wall demolished for building project
Part of the remaining Berlin Wall known as the East Side Gallery was demolished on Wednesday to make way for the building of a luxury condominium.
Demolition work began at 5 a.m. local time with the presence of about 250 police, and six meters of the Wall was removed by 8 a.m., the police said, adding that demolition went on smoothly without encountering protests.
The 3.6-meter-high and 1.3-km-long section of the Berlin Wall has been kept as a historical relic site and transformed into the gallery featuring paintings and graffiti of various genre by well over 100 artists from all over the world.
The construction project has drawn wide criticism as tens of hundreds of people gathered near the Wall in early march to voice their opposition to the move, forcing the developer to halt the planned demolition of a 20 meters segment. However, ensuing negotiations with local authorities on possible alternative sites proved fruitless.
The property developer Maik Uwe Hinkel told Bild newspaper on Wednesday that the blocks are temporarily removed to enable trucks to access the building site and would be placed to their original places once construction was complete.
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当天凌晨5时左右，“东边画廊”被拆卸掉4块墙体，在1300米长的画廊上留下约6米左右的空隙，为河岸豪华公寓施工“清道”。
施工的德国开发商发表书面声明说，拆墙是暂时的，被拆墙体将在以后重新并入柏林墙。
今年2月底，开发商宣布将拆除这一世界最大露天画廊的部分墙体，以拓宽施工车辆车道连通河岸豪华公寓建筑工地，引发柏林市民抗议。
柏林市政府发言人理查德·门斯表示，按原计划拆除墙体是开发商的单方决定，违背了市政府寻求各方都能接受的合理妥协方案的意愿。
柏林墙全长约169公里，上述施工所涉及的是柏林墙残余最长的一段，高约3.6米。德国统一后，多国艺术家在这段柏林墙遗址上进行绘画创作，形成柏林墙“东边画廊”，成为观光名胜。 |
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发表于 2016-7-11 09:57:17