…in the world

Location: Bausch & Lomb Global Headquarters 1 segment from Brandenburg Gate Bausch & Lomb, founded in 1853 as an optician shop by German immigrants, claims to be today one of the leading manufacturers of technology-based products for the eyes. On the occasion of the inauguration of the new headquarter in 1995, the worldwide branches and subsidiaries […]

Location: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum 4 segment (artwork) The FDR Library is located halfway between New York City and Albany. A sculpture by Edwina Sandys called Freedom From Fea is on its courtyard. Sandys is the granddaughter of Winston Churchill, who coined the term Iron Curtain in the 1940s. Another Wall sculpture by Edwina Sandys […]

Location: besides the UN building 3 segments from Leipziger Platz A fragment of the Cold War hardly could be established more symbolic: to remind and to give hope on the grounds of the United Nations in New York. The ensemble with a graffito by Kani Alafi is a gift from the city of Berlin to Kofi Annan, on the occasion […]

Location: USS Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum 2 segments from Waldemarstraße (missing) The former aircraft carrier USS Intrepid now serves as Sea, Air & Space Museum and as an attraction of the harbor of New York. In 1990, a first Wall segment came to the US and was displayed on the upper deck of the warship. The […]

Location: Museum of Modern Art numerous segments from Waldemarstraße   Unconfirmed reports says that the Museum of Modern Art has purchased a longer section of the Wall in 1990 at approx. 500,000 Mark. It should have been sold by the Limex, a GDR own trading company. According to the reports, the MoMA has been primarily interested in such a section that has […]