Download or read book Amsterdam Then and Now written by Egbert De Haan and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amsterdam Then and Now is the perfect historical guide to one of Europe’s best preserved city centres. Written by one of Amsterdam’s most popular walking tour leaders, the book matches up archive images from the late nineteenth century through to the 1950s with the modern-day view of that site.All the set-piece tourist destinations are included, such as the Rijksmuseum, Central Station, the Anne Frank House, Heineken Brewery, Rembrandt House, the iconic Montelbaans Tower and all of the major canals and museums.There are also many of the architecturally significant buildings and the grand parks and squares that have played an important part in the lives of Amsterdammers.Written in both English and Dutch it is a book that will appeal to both visitor and resident alike.Sites include: Amstelveld, Blauburgwal, Groenburgwal, Herengracht, Prinsengracht, Reguliersgracht, Oude Zijds Voorburgwal, Tropen Museum, Westerkerk, Portuguese Synagoge, Grimburgwal, De Waag, Vondelpark, Melkweg, Bloemstraat, Raadhuisstraat, Tichelstraat, Westerstraat, Concertgebouw and the Amstel Hotel.
Download or read book Amsterdam written by Geert Mak and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magnet for trade and travellers from all over the world, stylish, cosmopolitan Amsterdam is a city of dreams and nightmares, of grand civic architecture and legendary beauty, but also of civil wars, bloody religious purges, and the tragedy of Anne Frank. In this fascinating examination of the city's soul, part history, part travel guide, Geert Mak imaginatively recreates the lives of the early Amsterdammers, and traces Amsterdam's progress from waterlogged settlement to a major financial centre and thriving modern metropolis
Download or read book History of Amsterdam written by Amsterdam Homebuilders Extension Club and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Amsterdam toen en nuAmsterdam then and now written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I Amsterdam written by Martin Bril and published by Artimo. This book was released on 2004 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amsterdam is a woman. It has to be. Amsterdam is a woman I've been in love with for many years, sometimes passionately. But with this love there also have been long periods of silence, shyness, and caution. And yet, every now and then, in lurid, brief moments, Amsterdam looks at me and I look back at her. I sense that our love is mutual. These moments are scarce, maybe even temporary illusions that only take place in my imagination. But, deep down, I desire Amsterdam so much that I risk making a fool of myself in the power of her gaze." --Martin Bril Within "I Amsterdam," we glimpse Amsterdam's promise, diversity, and wealth of opportunity, which serve to maintain its prominence as a European capital and a world city. The vibrant mixture of Amsterdam's city fabric allows for interests of all kinds to live and function comfortably together. Whether people go to Amsterdam for business, study, tourism, or living, they always arrive at a city that is open, human, and tolerant.This selection of works from the international ad campaign of KesselsKramer for Amsterdam features photographs by Koos Breukel, Hans Eijkelboom, Dana Lixenberg, Dorothee Meyer, and others.
Download or read book Street Scene written by Vincent Torre and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Metropolis in the Making written by Jaap Evert Abrahamse and published by Brepols Publishers. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Fall of Antwerp in 1585, Amsterdam took over its position as the main trade hub in northwestern Europe. The city grew rapidly to become the central harbour town - and one of the largest European cities. The boom in harbours and industry went hand in hand with an explosive population growth. This resulted in two huge city extensions in 1613 and 1663, multiplying the territory of Amsterdam by five. Around the old town, the now famous ring of canals was constructed. Beyond this residential zone mixed-use and industrial districts were laid out, with a series of harbour islands along the borders of the IJ. Early modern Amsterdam was an ultra-modern city, laid out conforming to the triple demand of functionality, beauty and profit; a city that takes a unique place in European urban history because of its location, design, and impressive scale. This book deals with the question how Amsterdam's administration managed to realize these immense projects from the viewpoints of urban design, infrastructure, logistics, and finance. The first part of this book is dedicated to the extension projects. A thorough analysis of all remaining administrative archives and a great many cartographic documents has enabled the author to reconstruct the decision process about the scale, design, and realization of the extensions. The second part contains chapters concerning land use, public space and water management. Metropolis in the Making tells the story of one of the cradles of early modern capitalism and at the same time one of the most meticulously planned cities in the world. Its broad approach of planning makes this a standard work on early modern urbanism.
Download or read book The Minutes Court the Amsterdam of New Amsterdam the to Boards 1902 Classic Reprint written by Berthold Fernow and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Minutes Court the Amsterdam of New Amsterdam, the to Boards, 1902 The rules and laws, governing the actions of the Burgomasters of New Amsterdam, are probably laid down in Rooscboom "Receuil Van Weeten en Kostumen der Staden Amsterdam, 1656" (Collection of Laws and Customs of the City of Amsterdam) and in the Schoitt Roll van Amsterdam, not printed. Of the first named the late Dr. E. B. O'Callafrhan (died 1880) had a copy, apparently the only one in the United States, and after his death it went into undiscoverable hands. Of the second the writer procured a copy from the city authorities of Amsterdam, when in charge of the manuscripts in the State Library at Albany, N. Y.; he placed this copy with others procured by him in the State Library, but it cannot be found again. The text of the volume, now laid before the public, tells us, that considering the smallness of the place the duties of the Burgomasters were as diversified, as they are to-day, with the difference, that then their two worships had to do, what now the Mayor of New York mostly does by Commissions. The appearance in this volume of the records of Walewyn van der Veen, a Notary Public, requires an explanation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Amsterdam written by Ed van der Elsken and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ed van der Elsken dove into his extensive archive in the late seventies to compile a book of his black-and-white images of Amsterdam, the city in which he had always lived, with the exception of 1950-1954. He often worked in the neighbourhood of his house on Koningstraat, taking photos on the Nieuwmarkt, Zeedijk and Waterlooplein. Atmospheric images of the fifties, the riots during the turbulent sixties, lots of people, young people, but also architecture and degradation in the old city centre. This unique document has now been reissued, including new scans from the original negatives.
Download or read book The Dutch in New Amsterdam written by Melinda Lilly and published by Rourke Publishing (FL). This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to the history of New Amsterdam, which is now New York City
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Download or read book Amsterdam written by Russell Shorto and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amsterdam is not just any city. Despite its relative size it has stood alongside its larger cousins - Paris, London, Berlin - and has influenced the modern world to a degree that few other cities have. Sweeping across the city's colourful thousand year history, Amsterdam will bring the place to life: its sights and smells; its politics and people. Concentrating on two significant periods - the late 1500s to the mid 1600s and then from the Second World War to the present, Russell Shorto's masterful biography looks at Amsterdam's central preoccupations. Just as fin-de-siecle Vienna was the birthplace of psychoanalysis, seventeenth century Amsterdam was the wellspring of liberalism, and today it is still a city that takes individual freedom very seriously. A wonderfully evocative book that takes Amsterdam's dramatic past and present and populates it with a whole host of colourful characters, Amsterdam is the definitive book on this great city.
Download or read book Amsterdam written by Cas Oorthuys and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rembrandt s Jews written by Steven M. Nadler and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2003-11-03 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a look at Rembrandt's various artwork and social life, Nadler takes readers through Jewish Amsterdam then and now.
Download or read book Amsterdam Stories written by Nescio and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2012-03-20 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one has written more feelingly and more beautifully than Nescio about the madness and sadness, courage and vulnerability of youth: its big plans and vague longings, not to mention the binges, crashes, and marathon walks and talks. No one, for that matter, has written with such pristine clarity about the radiating canals of Amsterdam and the cloud-swept landscape of the Netherlands. Who was Nescio? Nescio—Latin for “I don’t know”—was the pen name of J.H.F. Grönloh, the highly successful director of the Holland–Bombay Trading Company and a father of four—someone who knew more than enough about respectable maturity. Only in his spare time and under the cover of a pseudonym, as if commemorating a lost self, did he let himself go, producing over the course of his lifetime a handful of utterly original stories that contain some of the most luminous pages in modern literature. This is the first English translation of Nescio’s stories.
Download or read book Frommer s Irreverent Guide to Amsterdam written by George McDonald and published by *Frommers. This book was released on 2004-04-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for a travel guide that goes where other guides fear to tread? One that rides roughshod over ad-copy puffery to smartly deliver the real scoop on a destination's sites and attractions? One that dares to be honest, hip, and fun? Look no more. Frommer's Irreverent Travel Guides are wickedly irreverent, unabashedly honest, and downright hilarious, and provide an insider's perspective on which attractions are overrated tourist traps and which are the secret gems that locals love. You'll get the lowdown on restaurants, lodging, and shopping, and even find out what the locals think of you. "Like being taken around by a savvy local," said the New York Times. "Hipper and savvier than other guides," concurred Diversion magazine. Never shy about confronting the issues, the Irreverents are guides to real travel in the real world. The one-dimensional Amsterdam of tulips, wooden shoes, and 17th-century architecture is the stuff of many a standard guidebook, but with its booming economy, legalized prostitution, and tolerant attitude toward recreational drug use, the city is much more than that. For savvy travelers who want to fully experience the place as the locals live it, Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Amsterdam is the way to go, offering the lowdown on this hip, cultivated city, where old and new sunnily coexist. You'll discover the proper way to knock back genever (Dutch gin--the potent national spirit), why Amsterdam is considered the Gay Capital of Europe, plus the inside scoop on the red-light district, complete with advice and warnings.
Download or read book Insight Guides Pocket Amsterdam Travel Guide with Free Ebook written by Insight Guides and published by Insight Pocket Guides. This book was released on 2019-12 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect day itineraries and top travel tips in a pocket-sized package. Now with free eBook and a pull-out map. Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around - this pocket-sized guide is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering fun and interesting things to do and see in Amsterdam, from top tourist attractions like the Dam, Anne Frank House, Van Gogh Museum and Rijksmuseum, to hidden gems, including the EYE Film Institute. Compact, concise and packed with essential information about Where to Go and What to Do, this is an ideal on-the-move pocket travel guide when you're exploring Amsterdam. - Cultural: delve into the city's rich heritage and get to know its modern-day life and people - Inspirational: discover where to go and what to do, highlighted with stunning photography - Practical: get around with ease with a free pull-out map featuring key attractions - Informative: plan your visit with an A to Z of advice on everything from transport to tipping - Innovative and unique extras: a free eBook and pull-out map - Inventive design makes for an engaging, easy-reading experience - Covers: the Centre, the Southeast, the Southwest and the Northwest About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.
