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Monday, March 03, 2003

Iron Curtain Checkpoint Charlie Square: Sydney Needs One Now

On the spot where the Soviet Union used to face the United States, on the very ground where communism faced the free market economy, today American historic symbolism and American entrepreneurship confront each other - the abstract and the concrete image of freedom.
· A disgrace: an attempt to play down the significance of the site, which stands for freedom for all citizens of the world. [FAZ]