I chose this low angle to frame the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in the distance.
The large public monument shown is the sculpture titled Berlin (often called the Broken Chain), created by artists Brigitte Matschinsky-Denninghoff and Martin Matschinsky.
The sculpture was installed in 1987, for Berlin’s 750th anniversary, originally was only leased to be part of a temporary open-air exhibition.
It features four massive chromed nickel-steel tubes, symbolizing the division and fractured connections of the city during the Cold War.
Two years later, on November 9, 1989, the Wall was torn down.
Once the city reunited, the meaning of the sculpture transformed from a painful separation into a celebration of the broken barriers of the Cold War.
Because its symbolism became so profound after the borders opened, the city of Berlin and Deutsche Bank purchased the sculpture so it could remain permanently on Tauentzienstraße.