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‘Old Amsterdam’

In the period 1991-1994 I made a photographic story about Amsterdam Old-West. As a street photographer I do this again, but now within the boundaries of ‘Old Amsterdam’. This part of Amsterdam is everything that lies within the Singelgracht.

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De Dam Nl 1En De Dam is het centrale plein van de stad en voor veel toeristen de eerste tussenstop tussen aankomst en hotel, Anne Frankhuis, Van Gogh Museum of de grachten. Ze zien een prachtig paleis, een oorlogsmonument, trams die voorbij razen op weg naar het Centraal station of juist in omgekeerde richting. Een plein dat maar niet mooi wil worden, een achtergrond voor ‘selfies’ en thuishaven voor honderden duiven die daar elke dag opnieuw hun rondjes vliegen. Het is de plek voor artiesten en elke zondag staan er opnieuw mensen te demonstreren. We zien warenhuizen, een kerk, Madame…

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The Singelgracht is the waterway that borders the entire Amsterdam Center and flows along the Nassaukade, Stadhouderskade and Mauritskade. The name only refers to the canal, not the adjacent built-up quays. Partly for this reason the name is less known than those of other canals. On the outside of the canal are the Nassaukade (west), Stadhouderskade (south) and Mauritskade (east); on the center side the Marnixkade, Leidsekade, Nicolaas Witsenkade, Sarphatikade, Huddekade, Spinozastraat and Alexanderkade. (source: Wikipedia). The Singelgracht was created during the fourth expansion of the canal belt (the Fourth Explanation) in 1663. At that time, the 5 meter high city wall was extended over the Amstel to the east. There was a 60 meter wide canal around this city wall: the Singelgracht. Ultimately, this created an 8-kilometer city defense structure with 26 pentagonal strongholds and eight gates: ‘the Buitensingel’. This striking semi-circular wall marked the boundaries of Amsterdam until the end of the 19th century

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