The Berlin Sculpture

"Berlin" is the actual name of this sculpture on the Tauentzienstraße in Berlin. First conceived in 1985 and unveiled by a husband-and-wife sculpting team in 1987, the sculpture's principal motif, a "broken chain", was meant to symbolize the severed connections between West and East Berlin due to the construction of the Berlin Wall.

After the Wall was dismantled, the sculpture was bought by the city from the sculptors Matschinsky-Denninghoff to commemorate this period in German history. The sculptors were allowed free rein to decide where on or around the Kurfürstendamm to erect their work. They chose the Tauentzienstraße in front of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche, which was heavily damaged during the Bombing of Berlin in World War II.

I know this similar photo was an Extra several days ago. However I felt that it deserved to be the main photo for today, a cool and rainy day in Berlin. If you are wondering about the silver colour, the surface of the tubes are covered with chrome nickel steel, which can darken or shine depending on the light and the time of day.

The Extra is the KaDeWe store.
The Kaufhaus des Westens, abbreviated to KaDeWe, is a huge department store and is the second-largest department store in Europe after Harrods in London. Thanks to the rain today I spent quite some time inside, just browsing.