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Then & Now Rotterdam

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Documenting Rotterdam’s tumultuous transition — good, bad, and ugly — from picturesque port to Manhattan on the Maas. IG:thenandnowrotterdam

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Panorama of Rotterdam from the tower of the Laurenskerk in 1910 vs Today. This view is facing southeast towards Oude Haven and the Maas. Only the Witte Huis (1898) and the river remain as a reference.

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A tragic missed opportunity to undertake a truly transformative project — such as Frankfurt recently completed in its historic center — and restore the Grotemarkt/Hoogstraat to the significance and prestige it deserves as the birthplace of Rotterdam. Instead we’re getting a…

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Zo komen de omstreden Rotta Nova-torens naast de Markthal eruit te zien. rijnmond.nl/nieuws/1842133…



Multiple great events happening in Rotterdam this weekend. Dag van de Bouw: dagvandebouw.nl. Recommendations: RottaNova, Boompjes Club House, Nieuw Kralingen. Heilige Huisjes: heiligehuisjesrotterdam.nl. Recommendation: Viking Fest at the Noorse Kerk. Rotterdam…


Agniesestraat in 1980 vs Today. This is at the intersection with Heemsteêstraat looking north towards the Bergweg. The corner building on the left with a shop was constructed around 1900 and demolished not long after the original photo was taken. The current apartment block…

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Scheveningsestraat in 1956 vs Today. The Brandgrens (blaze boundary) is a line that runs around the center of Rotterdam and marks the extent of devastation from the Bombing of 1940. It runs right through this street and is still clearly visible in the original photo, with the…

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Among the many buildings destroyed during the Hoog Catharijne project was ‘De Utrecht’ by prolific Rotterdam-architect Jan Verheul. Regarded as one of the most important Jugendstil buildings in The Netherlands, it was demolished in 1974 for a shopping mall. Much of Verheul’s…

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Eind jaren zestig ontstonden twijfels over de noodzaak tot sloop voor HC. Jongeren begonnen zich te verzetten tegen de bouw van het 'monument van consumentisme'. Bij de opening van HC in 1973 waren er rellen. De gemeente blies later andere sloopplannen af #utrechtjarenzestig

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