Protesters tried to stop demolition of one of the last remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall on Friday March 1, decades after jubilant Berliners tore down sections of the hated symbol of the Cold War. Blowing whistles and brandishing placards with slogans such as "Berlin is selling itself and its history", around 200 people gathered at a 1.3-km painted section of the wall known as The East Side Gallery, adorned with the work of artists such as Keith Haring and Gerald Scarfe. The East Side Gallery, on the banks of the River Spree, was declared a historic monument in 1992 and has since become one of Berlin's main tourist attractions. One section features a giant image of East German leader Erich Honecker and his Soviet counterpart Leonid Brezhnev kissing each other on the lips.

People protest against the removal of a segment of the former Berlin Wall, now known as East Side Gallery, in Berlin March 1, 2013. Some 200 people protested against the controversial removal of segments of the former East German border fortification to make way for an entrance to a luxury property development on the former death strip that divided the two parts of the German capital until reunification.

Police carry away a protester's polystyrene copy of a segment of the Berlin Wall at a demonstration against the removal of several segments of the original former Berlin Wall.

A worker guides a crane as it removes a segment of the former Berlin Wall, now called the East Side Gallery, in Berlin March 1, 2013.

A Trabant car drives past a segment of the East Side Gallery.

An unidentified man walks past remains of the Wall at Berlin's East Side Gallery

Tourists look at a map as they visit the East Side Gallery in Berlin.

A tourist walks along the East Side Gallery in Berlin.

A girl walks in front of a mural on a restored segment of East Side Gallery.

A woman walks next to a mural on a restored segment of East Side Gallery, the largest remaining part of the former Berlin Wall. A 1,300 metres (4,265 ft) stretch of wall, the world's longest open-air art gallery, was decorated by 118 artists from 21 countries in 1990.

Models sport leather dresses by German designer Daniel Rodan during a promotion for the ''Mauerkleider - East Side Gallery goes Fashion'' 2009.

A man walks past a snow-covered car parked at the East Side Gallery in Berlin.

A woman walks past a mural at the East Side Gallery in Berlin.

A cyclist passes a segment of the East Side Gallery in Berlin.

A US vintage car is parked at the East Side Gallery, the largest remaining part of the former Berlin Wall.

A man looks at a mural of an East German Trabant car painted on a restored segment of the East Side Gallery.

Tourists kiss in front of the mural by Russian artist Dmitry Vrubel of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev kissing his East German counterpart Erich Honecker.

Restored segments of East Side Gallery,

A model wearing a dress created by Berlin fashion designer Daniel Rodan in 2009 to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall attends a demonstration called "Don't touch the East Side Gallery" in Berlin March 2, 2013. Developers plan to build luxury apartments close to the East Side Gallery, an open air 0.8-mile painted section of the Berlin Wall which is adorned with the work of artists such as Keith Haring and Gerald Scarfe, but builders had to stop tearing down the wall on Friday due to protests.

A man enjoys a sunny day at the open air 0.8-mile painted section of the Berlin Wall known as the "East Side Gallery" in Berlin March 2, 2013. Developers plan to build luxury apartments close to the East Side Gallery, which is adorned with the work of artists such as Keith Haring and Gerald Scarfe, but builders had to stop tearing down the wall on Friday due to protests.

People take a walk on a sunny day at the open air 0.8-mile painted section of the Berlin Wall known as the "East Side Gallery" in Berlin.

People stroll at the open air 0.8-mile painted section of the Berlin Wall known as the "East Side Gallery" in Berlin.

A woman walks along the former Berlin Wall, now called East Side Gallery, in Berlin March 4, 2013. Protesters tried to stop demolition of one of the last remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall on March 1, 2013, decades after jubilant Berliners tore down sections of the hated symbol of the Cold War. Most of the wall was pulled down or chiselled away after it was breached on November 9, 1989, when ecstatic crowds of East and West Germans surged through checkpoints and on to the wall, hacking bits off it and dancing on top of the structure that for so long had symbolised their division.

French artist Thierry Noir poses in front of his painting at the former Berlin Wall, now called East Side Gallery.