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Trip to Amsterdam

The History of Jordaan The Jordaan was built in the beginning of the 17th Century as a result of the growing population in Amsterdam and the need for space for the working class. The city Amsterdam became one of the richest cities during the 1600s, and hosted many refugees, emigrants and workers live there because of lower rent. The Jordaan steadily deteriorated into a slum and hit a low point during World War II. After the war the Jordaan was rescued from destruction and given a second chance with actual renewal started in the 1970s, now the Jordaan is known for being an artistic district and is one of the most popular and attractive place of Amsterdam to reside in. Walking in jordaan you will find the Tranquil street, that has an inner courtyards that was built for the elderly and given to them to reside in for free. One of the most extraordinary features about Jordaan is the stone tablets above door ways that were carved to represent the profession use to live there. For example, if the family worked as tailors, you will find scissors carved into the tablet above the door. The neighborhood has some of the best food, restaurants and cafes in Amsterdam, especially for those looking to eat lunch, breakfast or just a place to spend some time. My admiration for the Jordaan is their beautiful inner courtyards and small houses with gardens. Python Bridge is one of the unusual bridges in Amsterdam as it is red like snake shape. It’s a footbridge over Spoorwegbasin, which is over the Peit Hein Tunnel to Borneoeiland. The Bridge nick name the high bridge, and was design by architect (Adriaan Geuze). Who is actually lives in Rotterdam. The construction of the bridge started in 1998 and was completed in 2001, this bridge hasn’t gone unnoticed and has won the international footbridge in 2002. I have discovered this bridge whilst on a international European study trip with my university, it’s a mind boggling; it has wires across the steps to stop pedestrian taking a slip, yet, there’s something about the length of the steps that does something to one’s is brain specially the way down. There are amazing houses around the bridge, some look like they are floating, but each house has a garage front of the houses, even in such small space like garages, you will come across cars parked on top of each other, and at the rear of the house, you may see a boats barked, the local district council, has given up to 60 plots to individuals to choose their own architect but all working along the same outline. The houses must accommodate, internal parking, live work space. The History of Entrepotdok The city Amsterdam is an old harbour town, surrounded by wealth and fortune mostly by expansionist trading companies and merchants of the Dutch East Indies Company during the 17th century and by the 18th century the city expanded so fast and in need of an organised harbour, where expensive goods, imported from the East could be stored safely such as sugar, salt, spices, tobacco, spirits, grain and whale fat etcetera. As a result a canal was dug in the eastern part of the town, a place crowded with wharfs and breweries. Warehouses was built during the 1710 and lasted in the 1830. These warehouses where used by wealthy merchants and entrepreneur without paying any taxes, but it later changed under the French rule. Legal system and administrative control were introduced and lead people to pay taxes. Goods clearance took place at the Entrepotdok (Entre pot-dock literally means: ‘temporary place for storage’) and in the 1830 a gate was built and big walls around it to protect the goods. The 19th century saw the decline of the Entrepotdok, as a result of the bigger canal dug further East and new canals. Entrepotdok also became a victim of fires, abandon and disuse. It was a large complex, 84 warehouses on a quay 550 metres long and was left in a worsening condition till the 70s of the last century. The majority of the residents living in Entrepotdok at that time voted for those warehouses, other properties and the area to be renovated for social housing. There were two architects chosen to carry out the project (Joop and son André van Stigt) and afterwards they were later price internationally for their achievement. The characteristics of the building were kept intact through-out the renovation process. To my experience today’s Entrepotdok look like a new city that has been developed about two years ago. For more information about this topic please check the link below. The Het-schip Museum of Amsterdam Former post office block turn museum has expression like no other in Amsterdam, located at the spaamdammerplantsoen. The construction of the building took over 9 years to complete in the year between 1911- 1920, it was design to accommodate and to serve the local resident, by housing association Eigen Haard by the architect Micheal de Klerk, it contained of 120 apartment for low rent, post office, community house and school. Today, the former post office building is used as a museum to present the past and the way housing association dealt with housing crisis and shorted of the housing locally. The ticket to the museum will also give you the admission to an interesting Amsterdam School apartment in another house, at the walking distance of 300 yards (ca 100m.). You will also have the opportunity to visit the famous decorative tower designed by de Klerk. The Bijlmermeer Neighbourhood The Bijlmermeer is among the places that I visited on my student trip to Amsterdam. It is located in the Amsterdam Zuidoost borough and most of the houses built in the 60s and 70s were high rise properties developed as a result of housing shortage by then. One of the local resident Jenni Van Dalen (2016), highlighted some the past issues of Bijlmermeer such as the unfinished of some of the building development as a lack of finance, experiencing of high rent and as a result people consider the place too expensive to reside. This lead to many empty houses and the neighbourhood to attract those from ethnic minorities and disadvantage people. Additionally, the property price decreased and the neighbourhood became a ghetto experiencing youth gangs, nuisance, poverty, crime, unemployment, and unsafe public space. Due to all these problems it lead the neighbourhood to become one of the most stigmatise place in the Netherland and many people considered Bijlmermeer not a suitable place to live by then. In 1992 Bijlmermeer experience an incident, the EL AL flight 1862 crashed in to two of the Bijlmermeer buildings. After a decade from the incident the neighbourhood had a redevelopment with hierarchy of facilities according to the population needs such as public health centre, mostly four storey buildings instead of high rise, new shopping malls, shop corners and to the the west of Bijlmermeer you will find a new stadium for Ajax football club, that opened about couple years a ago. Presently the disparities between the Bijlmermeer and other districts, it strange and sometimes the history is amusing especially all the troubles that the district has overcome and still progressing. One can say that Bijlmermeer has special identity and image, especially the taste for public life; and it has given its inh abitants a sense of community pride. http://www.eatingamsterdamtours.com/blog/jordaan-amsterdam-neighborhood-guide/ http://www.monumenta.org/article.php?IssueID=5&ArticleID=449&CategoryID=4&lang=en http://www.hetschip.nl/en/ http://www.monumenta.org/article.php?IssueID=5&ArticleID=449&CategoryID=4&lang=en

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