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Article: Berlin rebuilds and redefines.(Cover Story)
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- Europe
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- May 1, 1995
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Berlin is busy rebuilding and redefining itself nearly six years after the fall of the infamous Wall that once divided the beautiful capital of Germany. No longer restricted by its cold war status as the symbolic dividing line between East and West, Berlin is the new political, cultural, and architectural capital of Germany and is quickly becoming one of the key business centers in all of Europe.
Today, Berlin's skyline is dotted with cranes and scaffolding, and the city rumbles with the sound of jackhammers and bulldozers. As a result of all the building, the construction industry ranked as the third largest in Berlin's economy last year, and the city has become the ...