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SOURCE-LISTED WALL RECORD

New York City, NY – Ripley’s

New York, United States

40.756° N / 73.989° W
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The record

One section from Waldemarstraße, part of sixteen shipped to the United States by barge and freighter after 1989. The Times Square attraction has since closed.

One section from Waldemarstraße, part of sixteen ten-foot sections acquired by Edward Meyer shortly after 1989 and shipped by barge to Hamburg, freighter to New Orleans, then trucked to Orlando for distribution — roughly 40,000 lb in total. The Times Square attraction has since closed, and where this section went is not established here.

How did it get here?

From Waldemarstraße in Kreuzberg. Thierry Noir and Kiddy Citny painted that stretch in September 1985, and the photographers Liselotte and Armin Orgel-Köhne documented it in ten poster photographs — which makes it one of the few stretches whose pre-sale appearance can be checked against a dated image.

Sources & verification

Berlin Wall Archive ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
Source accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 293

Mapping the 5 Pieces of the Berlin Wall in NYC — Untapped New York ↗
The Meyer acquisition, the shipping route, and the Waldemarstraße origin.
Source accessed 2026-09-17

Last verified: Not yet verified

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