The Berlin Wall
Over the next few days, with the help of creators Badi_Dea and SvenBerlin, I will be releasing a collection of assets that will allow you to recreate parts of the memorial to The Berlin Wall at Bernauer Straße — "Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer." We’ve created the parts to be modular so that you can use them in a variety of ways. The star of the show is, of course, The Wall itself, which we present here for the first time as a network. Badi_Dea created the base model and set up the network flags, and I provided the textures and final adjustments based on my own photos. This download (the first of 5 or 6), includes one wall network and two props:
1. The Berlin Wall 1 (plain front, plain back) as a network
2. The Berlin Wall Prop (single section, non-conforming)
3. The Berlin Wall Prop No Top (single section without the circular top piece)
One of my favorite things to do in Berlin is ride the "Mauerweg" bike path, which follows the entire 160km former border between the West and the East. The "denkmal" (literally translated "think about for a while", or "memorial") at Bernauer Straße is always a highlight of the ride, and a must-see for visitors to the city. A 64-meter preserved strip of the wall is framed by two modern steel bookends, containing an original guard tower and searchlight. Beyond this section, the memorial stretches for 6 city blocks. The vacant spaces of "no-man’s land" rise on a gentle slope to the neighborhood of Prenzlauer Berg. The locations of demolished apartment buildings, cross-streets, escape tunnels, and the tragic story of the Church of Reconciliation are marked by steel pieces in the grass and gravel. Dozens of outdoor placards tell the story of the "Berlinermauer" 1961-1989, in photos, maps, and audio clips.
