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Rotterdam in Nood!

Een essay van Paul Groenendijk over noodwoningen, noodwinkels en andere noodgebouwen in de wederopbouw van Rotterdam

Rotterdam in Nood!

Subjects: General

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Lijnbaan shopping precinct

In the post-war years the Lijnbaan marked a revolution in urban design. Instead of shops with housing above along both sides of a street of traffic, such as Hoogstraat, the Lijnbaan shops lined pedestrian promenades.

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Galeries Modernes opens

On 8 November 1956 the new building of Galeries Modernes was officially opened.

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Urban agriculture during the war years

Urban agriculture today makes us think of hipsters growing organic vegetables, the showpiece being the roof garden on the Schieblock building. But urban agriculture also existed during World War II out of sheer necessity.

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Zomerhof District

The Zomerhof District, now often referred to as ZoHo, is roughly the area bordered by Schiekade to the south-west, Teilingerstraat to the north-west, Noordsingel to the north-east and Hofplein and Pompenburg to the south-east.

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Technikon school complex, Hofplein theatre, Akragon gymnasium

The first plans for a school complex in the Zomerhof District, the Centre for Technical Education, were mooted as early as 1955.

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Thalia Theater

A Jew from Poland, Abraham Tuschinski (1886‒1942) departed for the United States, but only got as far as Rotterdam. In 1911 he opened his first cinema, Thalia, on Coolvest.

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