Green Strip Urged to Replace Berlin Wall
<i> Reuters</i>
EAST BERLIN —
East Germany’s fledgling Greens movement wants the demolished Berlin Wall replaced by a “green strip” of trees, vines and ivy, a Communist Party newspaper reported Friday.
“Let’s not replace the Cold War with concrete. Turn the Wall green,” the Green Party and the Green League Assn. said in a statement published by the Berliner Zeitung.
East Germany opened the Wall, a symbol of Cold War confrontation, on Nov. 9, allowing its citizens to travel freely to the West for the first time since 1961.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
