The former, ceremonial entrance that Westerners would often come through. The trees are the start of the humongous Tiergarten park, in which the Russians built a large WWII memorial when they thought Berlin was theirs for the keeping after defeating Hitler and Germany, but it was the Westerners who got to 'enjoy' the memorial after the division by the great powers

Several artists from around the world took part in painting the inner side of the inner wall, whereas the outer wall had been painted, graffitied and vandalized for decades

Yes, that's The Wall, from Pink Floyd

Hand's Up!

The Great Escape

Detail

And still some remnants of destruction...just kidding, I think this building is being demo'd for a new public transit center

Soviet Fernsehturm, the massive radio tower was built 'illegally' after the Wall was built. The Soviets were showing their might and snubbing their noses at the west and their 'rules' of Berlin's city code