Sacnned and Scrapped: Vicious Hippy

I was in Berlin just a matter of months before the wall came down. On the Western side you could walk right up to it: it was covered in graffiti.


I imagine this section sells for an impressive price on the collector's market.
In some places there were steps up to platforms where you could see over to the eastern side. The houses and apartment blocks had been demolished to create a "no man's land" but the curbs and outlines of the roads remained.
We went through Checkpoint Charlie on a day visa. It was incredibly depressing. Many of the buildings were still scorched and bullet scarred from the war. There were no shops over than a cafeteria style restaurant selling unappetising food and a large bookshop selling propaganda.
My travelling companion and I were not having a good day, and the surroundings didn't help. As we sat on a bench arguing a black market money dealer sidled up to us and asked if we wanted to change money. We both glared at him and snapped 'no' and he quickly walked off.

Here is is scrapped: