Reichstag Wrapping Unwinds Uptight Berlin The Washington Post | July 8, 1995| | . This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Berliners regretfully awoke from the magic of a fortnight-long midsummer night's dream today as steeplejacks began striking the German capital's greatest show since the Wall came down: Christo's wrapping of the Reichstag.

Kitsch or art, the shrouding of the history-laden hulk of Germany's Parliament building turned out to be what one wit called "Reichstock" -- in Germanic homage to Woodstock, but without the original's drugs, mud or chaos.

Through weather more fair than foul, 5 million Berliners, visiting Germans and foreigners flocked to the giant esplanade called Platz der Republik at all ...

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