Maybe you remember my post a few weeks ago about the demolition of a big bank building in the center of Amsterdam with the "eating dinosaur". Look here for the post. Well I passed yesterday and noticed the building has gone, only some concrete remains are left.
I didn't climb on the fence but held my camera above my head.
The raise and fall of a building that was here only since the eighties. The cellar is the base and foundation for the new building so a kind of recycling in the construction Two shopping buildings will raise here, one of them will be hired by Marks & Spencer the other one becomes a luxury department store.
Linking to "Good Fences"
It never ceases to amaze me how a building can be torn down around such a nice district and have great beauty in the destruction and then the re-building of the one to take its place. Great photo through that wire fence - lots of character.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI can only imagine the care that must be taken to do this kind of demolition with so many other buildings around.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI would have love to see the pink marble walls :)
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAnd now I'm really interested in what will come
in the near future :))
Fijn weekeind!
Groetjes
【ツ】Knipsa
it seems such a waste, doesn't it? i did like that eating dinosaur, though. very cool!
BeantwoordenVerwijderen(those were goats on my fence post.) :)
Buildings come down so much faster than they go up Marianne :) so good that the foundations can be used, you'll have to show us what goes up in its place.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWell, at least the foundations will be reused. All those raw materials turned back t dust -- it's a shame more can't be reused.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenSounds like you might be in store for some great shopping, or at least some good window shopping, Marianne. They do have quite a mess to clean up!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI would have been tempted to bring a chair and sit to watch the destruction. It would be more interesting than the construction.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenEn voor je het weet staat er weer een nieuw gebouw.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenIt doesn't seem to take long, does it?
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI hate to see old thing demolished. Tom The Backroads Traveller
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI can never understand why they knock down perfectly good buildings.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenDearest Marianne,
BeantwoordenVerwijderenA weird thing indeed for demolishing a young building from the 80s and rising on its basement, two new department stores. It must be all calculated for return on investment!
Hugs,
Mariette
A familiar sight for me Now also demolition in Amsterdam huh
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI like that first shot. At first I thought it was a reflection because of the wonky bars at the top.
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