History Under Hammer As 'Artists Of Freedom' Hits Paris Auction (PHOTO)

History Under Hammer As 'Artists Of Freedom' Hits Paris
Auction (PHOTO)
Critics, including East Side Gallery mural artists and Spree River embankment development
opponents, decry the move, citing the East Side Gallery's status as a protected landmark and a
majortourist attraction. AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN (Photo credit should read ODD
ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)
German police officers protect a part of the former Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany, Friday, March 1,
2013. As news of this spread activists and artists that had decorated this remaining part of the cold
war relic known as the east side gallery wall letters came to protest. The East Side Gallery is
approximately 1.3 kilometers long. Some 25 meters of this section of the wall that mostly came down
23 years ago and marked the end of the cold war is to be taken away to make way for a new housing
development on river Spree. According to media reports the developer in charge of the project plans
to remove an approximately 25-meter long piece of the Wall and transfer it elsewhere in order to
allow access to the construction site. Construction crews stopped work Friday on removing a small
section from one of the few remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall to make way for a condo project
after hundreds of protesters blocked their path.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Berlin Wall Section To Make Way For Development
GERMANY-HISTORY-WALL-EAST SIDE GALLERY
A woman writes on a part of the East Side Gallery, a 1,3 km long remainder of the Berlin Wall, as a
section is being removed for a housing construction project near the city's east railway station in
Berlin on March 1, 2013. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

2013. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
A German police officers reacts to protestors as they protect a part of the former Berlin Wall in
Berlin, Germany, Friday, March 1, 2013. AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN (Photo credit should read
ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)
A banner reading 'Berlin sells itself and its history' during a protestors against the removal of a
section of the East Side Gallery, a 1,3 km long remainder of the Berlin Wall, for a housing
construction project near the city's east railway station in Berlin on March 1, 2013. Critics, including
East Side Gallery mural artists and Spree River embankment development opponents, decry the
move, citing the importance of the East Side Gallery's status as a protected landmark and a major
tourist attraction. Construction crews stopped work Friday on removing a small section from one of
the few remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall to make way for a condo project after hundreds of
protesters blocked their path. Critics, including East Side Gallery mural artists and Spree River
embankment development opponents, decry the move, citing the importance of the East Side
Gallery's status as a protected landmark and a major tourist attraction. AFP PHOTO / ODD
ANDERSEN (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)
BERLIN, GERMANY - MARCH 01: Protesters scuffle with police at the East Side Gallery, which is
the longest still-standing portion of the former Berlin Wall, during efforts by a construction company
to remove a 25-meter long section of the Wall on March 01, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. As news of this
spread activists and artists that had decorated this remaining part of the cold war relic known as the
east side gallery came to protest. (AP Photo/dpa, Florian Schuh)
2013. AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty
Images)
GERMANY-HISTORY-WALL-EASTSIDEGALLERY
A German police officer protects a part of the former Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany, Friday, March
1, 2013. A real estate developer is planning to build a 14-storey apartment building between the
Wall and the Spree River, and needs to remove a 25-meter long Wall section in order to allow access
to the construction site. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Policemen face protestors as a section of the East Side Gallery, a 1,3 km long remainder of the
Berlin Wall, is being removed by a crane for a housing construction project near the city's east
railway station in Berlin on March 1, 2013. Some 25 meters of this section of the wall that mostly
came down 23 years ago and marked the end of the cold war are taken away to make way for a new
housing development on river Spree, a project called Living Levels. The East Side Gallery is
approximately 1.3 kilometers long. Some 25 meters of this section of the wall that mostly came down
23 years ago and marked the end of the cold war is to be taken away to make way for a new housing
development on river Spree. As news of this spread activists and artists that had decorated this
remaining part of the cold war relic known as the east side gallery came to protest. A real estate
developer is planning to build a 14-storey apartment building between the Wall and the Spree River
and needs to remove a 25-meter long Wall section in order to allow access to the construction site.

(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 28: Kani Alavi (2nd from L), Chairman of the East Side Gallery
Artists' Association, talks with Arno Paulus (3rd from L), a local real estate development opponent,
and Thierry Noir (R), the artist who painted the murals visible behind, while standing next to the
East Side Gallery, which is the longest still-standing portion of the former Berlin Wall, close to where
a new hotel is scheduled to be built on February 28, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. Critics, including East
Side Gallery mural artists and Spree River embankment development opponents, decry the move,
citing the importance of the East Side Gallery's status as a protected landmark and a major tourist
attraction. Some 25 meters of this section of the wall that mostly came down 23 years ago and
marked the end of the cold war is to be taken away to make way for a new housing development on
river Spree. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
A part of Berlin Wall known as the East Side Gallery is pictured in Berlin, Germany, Friday, March 1,
2013. Construction crews stopped work Friday on removing a small section from one of the few
remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall to make way for a condo project after hundreds of protesters
blocked their path.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
German police officers protect a part of the former Berlin Wall and a construction worker who fixed
a part of the wall at a crane in Berlin, Germany, Friday, March 1, 2013. Some 25 meters of this
section of the wall that mostly came down 23 years ago and marked the end of the cold war are
taken away to make way for a new housing development on river Spree, a project called Living
Levels. As news of this spread activists and artists that had decorated this remaining part of the cold
war relic known as the east side gallery came to protest. Construction crews stopped work Friday on
removing a small section from one of the few remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall to make way for
a condo project after hundreds of protesters blocked their path.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber/Pool)
2013. Construction crews stopped work Friday on removing a small section from one of the few
blocked their path. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
2013. The East Side Gallery is approximately 1.3 kilometers long. As news of this spread activists
and artists that had decorated this remaining part of the cold war relic known as the east side
gallery came to protest. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
. A real estate developer is planning to build a 14-storey apartment building between the Wall and
the Spree River, and needs to remove the Wall section in order to allow access to the construction
site. Construction crews stopped work Friday on removing a small section from one of the few
blocked their path.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
BERLIN, GERMANY - MARCH 01: A protester argues with police at the East Side Gallery, which is
the longest still-standing portion of the former Berlin Wall, following efforts by a construction
company to remove a 25-meter long section of the Wall on March 1, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo
by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

An activist's flag is seen with construction cranes behind it along the doomed section of the 1,3 km
long remainder of the Berlin Wall near the city's east railway station in Berlin on February 28, 2013.
Critics, including East Side Gallery mural artists and Spree River embankment development
opponents, decry the move, citing the importance of the East Side Gallery's status as a protected
landmark and a major tourist attraction. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
BERLIN, GERMANY - MARCH 01: A protester clutches her dog next to a sign that reads: 'Isn't
culture worth anything anymore?' during a demonstration at the East Side Gallery, which is the
longest still-standing portion of the former Berlin Wall, as construction workers were attempting to
remove a Wall section on March 01, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. A real estate developer is planning to
build a 14-storey apartment building between the East Side Gallery and the Spree River, and needs
to remove the Wall section in order to allow access to the construction site. BERLIN, GERMANY -
MARCH 01: A construction worker inspects a section of the East Side Gallery, which is the longest
still-standing portion of the former Berlin Wall, before attempting to remove it with a crane as police
stand nearby on March 01, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. Some 25 meters of this section of the wall that
mostly came down 23 years ago and marked the end of the cold war are taken away to make way for
a new housing development on river Spree, a project called Living Levels. The East Side Gallery is
approximately 1.3 kilometers long. Construction crews stopped work Friday on removing a small
section from one of the few remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall to make way for a condo project
after hundreds of protesters blocked their path.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
A couple walk along the doomed section of the 1,3 km long remainder of the Berlin Wall near the
city's east railway station in Berlin on February 28, 2013. Construction crews stopped work Friday
on removing a small section from one of the few remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall to make way
for a condo project after hundreds of protesters blocked their path.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Protestors are gathering in front of a part of the former Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany, Friday,
March 1, 2013. Construction crews stopped their work Friday on removing a small section from one
of the few remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall to make way for a condo project after hundreds of
protesters blocked their path. AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN (Photo credit should read ODD

ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)
French artist Thierry Noir stands in front of his work on the doomed section of the 1,3 km long
remainder of the Berlin Wall near the city's east railway station in Berlin on February 28, 2013. As
news of this spread activists and artists that had decorated this remaining part of the cold war relic
known as the east side gallery came to protest. Construction crews stopped work Friday on
removing a small section from one of the few remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall to make way for
a condo project after hundreds of protesters blocked their path. Construction crews stopped work
Friday on removing a small section from one of the few remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall to
make way for a condo project after hundreds of protesters blocked their path. AFP PHOTO / ODD
ANDERSEN (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)
Construction workers try to remove a part of the wall with a crane in Berlin, Germany, Friday,
March 1, 2013

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