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Ron English
Posted by: Ron English

I painted the wall at Checkpoint Charlie in 1989.  A few months later they tore it down!

The guards tried to reach out and catch me a couple of times, but some East German refugees who were camped out on the western side of Checkpoint Charlie kept watch for me. Painting right at the edge was a little nerve-wracking because if the guards had caught me, they would have hauled me back over to the eastern side for a an extended... vacation.  But I was pretty spry then...


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NancyA
My Hero!
written by Writing in Los Angeles, November 09, 2009
Awesome to see these images....You're my Hero and always will be smilies/smiley.gif
KaMo
Checkpoint Charlie by Keith Haring
written by KaMo, November 09, 2009
Wow, It appears that Ron's mural was in very close proximity of Keith Haring's or did he paint over it? I can see just a small amount of my friends (Keith Haring) mural in the second photograph. The message behind it was that all walls should topple between people including Artists.
WigglyTuff
Good Stuff
written by WigglyTuff, November 10, 2009
This was pretty awesome to see...it seems so long ago!

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