He's virtually a mascot of the unified city.
West Berlin has a different walk signal, an uncertain-looking fellow stepping ahead tentatively.
Maybe he's not so sure he wants to cross the street. As the united city begins to standardize its long-separated infrastructures, there was some question whether East Berlin's high stepper would gradually disappear and be replaced by West Berlin's shuffler. Our sign looks better than the one in the west. Like its mascot, east Berlin is taking big strides. The western sector may have its silk stocking neighborhoods, its posh shops and lush parks, but the east has become the epicenter of the au courant.