Post-war reconstruction Community Rotterdam

Van het concert des levens

• Stories

Stories from the local pub: “absolutely authentic Rotterdam”

Various neighbourhood residents reminisce in a local pub about the Hoogkwartier district. About the bull that ran riot at the Cattle Market.

• Stories

Ik wil de magie van toen behouden

Opgroeien rond de Leuvehaven; Annemieke Barmentlo groeide in de jaren zestig op in het Baankwartier. Aan de toen nog rustige Schiedamsedijk keek ze uit op de destijds drukke Leuvehaven.

• Stories

Eight to a balcony

Mr and Mrs de Bruin have been living on Hoogstraat for almost fifty years. There were times when eight of them gathered on the balcony in the evening.

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Orthodox Reformed Church

Surrounded by the imposing buildings of the Nationale Levensverzekerings Bank and the Technikon school, between Waterplein and a car park, lies this modest church building.

• Buildings

Katshoek office building

Heer Bokelweg became the connection between Schiekade and the Rotte Tracé, a wide road from the centre to the motorway to Utrecht. The Katshoek building was the first structure built on this new and wide city boulevard.

• Buildings

Savoy Hotel

The Savoy Hotel on the corner of Hoogstraat and Kipstraat was an initiative from Wereldhaven.

• Buildings

Nillmij office building (Schieblock)

The initial plan was to terminate the block of commercial premises along Delftsestraat with two buildings at Schiekade.

• Buildings