dinsdag 7 april 2015

Old hospital

This is a part of the "Wilhelmina Gasthuis", a former hospital in Amsterdam. In 1891, the ten years old Queen Wilhelmina laid the foundation stone for a new hospital in a park setting located outside the city walls.

An entrance gate to the former hospital.

With a beautiful arch.

In 1925 a start was made on activities that had changed the character of the hospital. New pavilions were erected where several clinics were housed. Many of them are preserved and are now used for businesses and homes.

After the closing of the hospital in 1983 the area was partially cleaned up but fortunately some old buildings have been saved thanks to the protests of the neighbourhood. I was surprised by the beauty of the old buildings, it would have been a shame to demolish them.
A new academic hospital the AMC was built in a suburb of Amsterdam.

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  1. Amazing structure. I am glad they were saved.

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  2. This is really beautiful - I am glad they wern't torn down. I love the archway. I could live in one of those apartments quite easily. Very lovely.

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  3. I'm glad the building were saved, they are beautiful!

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  4. They really are beautiful buildings Marianne, the arch and views through the arch are gorgeous. so happy they survived.

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  5. Wat een prachtig monumentaal gebouw. Wordt het ook beschouwd als cultureel erfgoed?

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    1. Nee, ik geloof het niet. De gemeente Amsterdam wilde het liefst de hele boel plat gooien destijds. Maar dit soort gebouwen heb je haast niet meer, dus het zou misschien kunnen.

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  6. Lovely building. These beautiful old buildings are worth fighting for. I'm glad people did.

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  7. Marianne, the buildings are lovely, and so glad some of them were really preserved in their original state. I'm sure there are lots of stories to be told there.

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  8. What a beautiful old building with such character. Pleased that it has been preserved.

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  9. It is always a triumph when old, architecturally significant buildings are saved and maintained.

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  10. That arch in particular appeals greatly to me.

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  11. It is great when old buildings are given a new life. They have just demolished an old hospital on the Gold Coast.

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