First Look: The Berlin Wall On Wilshire

October 19, 2009 at 12:34 pm in Art, History

Couldn’t resist detouring on the bike ride to work this morning for a chance to behold an amazing piece of history in the form of sections of the Berlin Wall on Wilshire Boulevard across from LACMA (map), courtesy the Wende Museum. Upon arrival I found 8 of what will ultimately be 10 panels, and I was pleased to find them readily accessible instead of roped off and removed from close contact.

Once all 10 are up it will reportedly be the world’s longest length of the wall outside of Berlin, and it’s available for viewing through November 14.

Flickr photoset is here.

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http://highlandpark.wordpress.com WALT!

On Sunday, November 8th, there will be a ceremonial toppling of an art wall installed in the middle of Wilshire Blvd. The wall will have murals by artists Shepard Fairey, Kent Twitchell, Thierry Noir, among others.
http://la.metblogs.com Lucinda Michele

These images are great! I love that they’re letting people get up close.
Laure

Great photo set, conveys a lot about the wall’s history.
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First Look: The Berlin Wall On Wilshire

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