European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thew Allkind a Home in grimacing faces and colourful Graffiti decorate a Section of the former  in new Yorks amps Mike Gena Loby Mike Genalo new York Bureau a tree grows in Brooklyn. In Manhattan it s a Wall not just a Wall but the Wall it was 1989 when the  started. Coming Down in Germany. Now less than two years later part s of the Wall arc resurrected this time inner York City. A. A five panels of the landmark have been placed in the courtyard of 520 Madison ave in the heart of Manhattan. The mini Wall displayed outside the corporate Headquarters of Tishman Speyer properties one of the country s largest real estate development and management companies is the inspiration of Jerry Speyer president of the firm. A. Speyer purchased the panels from the former East German government and looks upon them As a work of Art.  .�. A a. Quot ,. Quot Art is usually an expression of the time it is made Quot he says Quot and the Wall was a Strong statement about its a time. Yes definitely i thought this is  along with one Section of the Wall on display in California these five pieces Are the Only portions of the cold War Symbol to be open to the Public anywhere for. The United states. A Speyer was in Germany on business shortly after the Wall had come Down and heard that the government had salvaged 200 slabs. As soon As he saw the panels he knew he had to have a portion. Quot i said whoa this is really interesting he Recy s t arranged to buy two  returning to Germany in july 1990 to finish negotiations Speyer visited the Yard where the slabs were stored and noticed that they All had numbers err. Tbs Back. Quot i realized you could put them together As a unt,.&Quot he says. After convincing the East germans that these Wen for an Art collection and that he had no intention of reselling them Speyer was Able to Complete a a negotiations. He purchased panels numbered 92, 9194., 95 and 96,. And arranged Tor shipment to the United states. He would not say what he paid for the chunk. History. At first . Customs insisted that Speyer pay duty do the panels. Customs considered them Cement samples. But after showing the Bill of Sale which described Mem As Quot works of Art Quot Speyer was allowed to take the panels    \ a ire had originally intended to have them mounted in his Manhattan Home but when he found but their total. To or.  had to reconsider. A a. Quot Tovy weighed 5,000 pounds apiece Quot he says Quot and i knew men they weren t going Home.s \ Nohs ago the slabs decorated with surrealistic. Rai Mas cartoon Nis h figures Graffiti and slogans were a. Biased m the building courtyard where they Are open to. To Vic Vvong. You can Louch but Don t Chip. Alarms a Zed me Aali sections against  who Raj by to came out a piece. A. Est to the Wall is a Bronze plaque proclaiming that Raj Are parts of Quot the , artist unknown a since their installation however the identification of the artist has become known. Recently a French artist Thierry noir contacted  to say that after having seen photos of the exhibit he teased ii was something that he had done several years ago during a visit to Germany. A in Jour showed Speyer a Book which identified him As the artist. And Speyer has agreed to change the plaque and a a give credit to the noir. "1 said. By Golly he did do them Quot Speyer says. Quot of Eurse. Ii knew All along that they were works of  remnants quickly disappearing indy Tyler Marshall los Angeles times strewn. Across an open Field As far As the Eye can see near the Little farming Community of. Philippsthal Germany lie pieces of the old  As broken and useless As the idea. The infamous Structure vainly tried to protect Here 15 Miles Southwest of the City it once divided sections of the Wall a along with parts of old watchtowers Concrete Fence posts and assorted other debris a Are being broken up and ground into Smalt pieces that will be  raw material for building new. Roads a roads that will help re establish the links Between the reunited German slates. A amid the growing realization of How difficult the a unification process has become the destruction of the most powerful Symbol of Germany s Long division has moved so fast that tourists visiting Berlin now have to Hunt for sections of the Barrier still standing parliamentary state Secretary Oil nod Hennig to Bonn s defense ministry told his fellow legislators late last month that nearly 90 percent of the Wall had already been removed and defense ministry officials said that the balance would be gone by the end of the year roads severed by the Wall s construction 29 years ago air gradually being reconnected the 50-Yard-wide death strip just East of the old Wail that was knee Haviv. Mined is now a harmless Swath of dirt and. Grass configured variously along its Ico Mie a Cryn As a parking lot a children a playground a per in spot arc Europe a most extensive inner City Ticye Cam Long term development of the death so p Naa become an Issue bitterly contested Between environmentalists who see a unique  m preserve the open land As a Paw. And Amei hcs planners who task of erecting new up i Teri cd icings Mease the City s housing in amps or  Benin s Quot Raviv travelled Urban freeway meanwhile the Speed Vetn Wimch me bae eras disappeared concerns seme c to Etc Ais and Ken historians anxious to preserve at East Riner eee of s be the Wall both As a Mem Nui to Mese  c Chect Vry re Cross it and As a reminder it the City s eng Cati in i division. Quot it s impossible to or Terstano it you can see t. Argued Chr Stop Stuedi. Cir Scot it me Gamma Vicci Ai museum m Western Berlin  a recent of spacer once tie sentiment is Aiso Sharec r me East co a comm fast coi  part of me c a Seriin must be must be reminder Demps. A see a we i t what on to quote univ suy o remove tee Rue of our own Pas v -cl.1. No it. I e e As Samoa i e a St Orv  Oriel As do other historians Demps argued that any rum Nuet must be in the Central part of the City not on its a  people have to look at it Quot he said Quot it has to he i a a not All agree. However. A a a e you crazy a set earned one indignant resident just be Nowosi of the City Center when a local German reporter. Tobi him of a plan to preserve a Section of the Wall in his neighbourhood As a memorial. Quot in be lived 29 years  Tring in Troni my nose and now you re saying it a Muzic stay there Quot. The neighbourhood along the Bernauer Strasse is it he  jumped from upper Story windows to of Odom on the August 1961 morning the Wall was eur . A year later. Is year old Peter Fechter was shot a r As German sentries As he tried to Cross the Wall i the same spot the youth moaning As he Lay of epee at the base of the Wall was left for hours As he Cuneo to oath in what became one of the most notorious to oohs along Serin s Divide a Quot or  Ion is thus considered particularly appropriate Temoya and a 292-Yard-Long stretch of the Wall not Bee preserved Mere at least temporarily. There is a in cd  re i keep souvenir Hunters away but City a Mcgirt insist nothing has been definitively decided. A e in a a see it no Memona go them but we re or me Loza resistance Quot said Werner. Quot there will. Pc a to z ois ouf Sion w n re silents Quot Page 16 a the stars and stripes saturday May 25. 1991