woensdag 2 maart 2016

Three deer

Warehouses along the Brewers canal in Amsterdam. The name comes from the many breweries that were here in the 16th and 17th centuries. The canal water was of very poor quality and could not be drunk. Therefore beer with a very low percentage of alcohol was used as drinking water.The brewers took their water with boats from the Haarlemmermeer, outside the city.
The warehouses are now largely converted into apartments.

I noticed the unusual three deer with large antlers on top of the buildings. The ornaments are reapplied in July 1992 after one of the residents of  the in 1975 renovated apartment complex had seen them in old photographs. Because stone would be too heavy on the roof, an artist has modeled the deers from plastic on a brass frame. 

The gable stone of the middle house has the text
"The Green Heart", a nature area in the heart of the country,
so probably that is the origin of the deers on top.
Linking to "Signs, signs"


19 opmerkingen:

  1. Love the buildings ....and I would have never noticed the deer.

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  2. I would imagine an apartment here with a view of the canal could be quite costly Marianne? I love that the three deer were reproduced and replaced, even though it would take an eagle eye, like yours :) to spot them!

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  3. Again and again, I have to say: I LOVE the architecture in your city. Wonderful that you spotted the deer and pointed them out with the historical information. Thanks!

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  4. Love the deer on top of the building, I don't think I would have noticed. And also love those big windows of the middle building.

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  5. Very impressive for warehouse buildings, I'd say. Have a great day!

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  6. Interesting bit of history. Now there's something good coming from poor water quality.

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  7. Your buildings really are wonderful.

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  8. How interesting, and wonderful that the deer are back -- or their metal cousins are anyway!

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  9. These warehouse designs are quite impressive. Not at all like the plain design you would expect. And they recycle well as apartments.

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  10. The architecture there is just spectacular!

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  11. Great looking building. Love the shutters on all the windows.

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  12. "In beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria." :-)

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  13. It's good that there have been many changes and uses of these buildings

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  14. Santa's reindeer on the roof top?

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  15. ha,ha, I was just thinking about Santa and reindeer and rooftops. I like this post very much.

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