20th anniversary of Berlin Wall fall
Los Angeles celebrated the event with a wall across Wilshire Boulevard that was toppled at midnight.

Actual segments of the Berlin Wall along Wilshire Blvd.

Wilshire was blocked by a wall replica.

A recorded greeting from Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit.

The wall comes down at midnight.

German TV news crew.

Berlin authority vs. LA authority.

Decidedly less skeptical about the proceedings than 20 years ago.