Old house ... replaced by an.. old house... by efron_241

Photography • Architecture • posted on Feb 07, 2011

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There once was a house from 1780 here.. 128 years later they build a new one.. that is now 103 years old.. fun... Before 1780 there must have been a house created around 1612. So this is the 3rd house on this spot. Fun... it saw so many changes... but it still stands at a nice canal... This year my boat tours will (also) start in front of this building. It is now a restaurant (Spanish) ="Tapas y Restaurante".. The sand you see on the left is where cityplanners had a little Skyscraper in mind.. They broke down some anno-1915 houses (not so beautiful anymore) but than the Crisis came and nobody wanted to pay for the Sky scraper.. so we have a little beach at the Canal.. grin

Comments (38)

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paul_gormley

4:13PM | Mon, 07 February 2011

beautiful shot, the lack of people makes it even more difficult to tell if it is a wonderful render or wonderful shot, nice intrigue

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lieselotte2000

4:21PM | Mon, 07 February 2011

Nice house with a changing history. There was obviously no tax on windows any more in 1908 ;-)

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odile

4:38PM | Mon, 07 February 2011

Great picture and story!!

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DananJaya_Chef

5:09PM | Mon, 07 February 2011

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Rhanagaz

5:13PM | Mon, 07 February 2011

Maybe one good thing of the crises! ;o)

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Trifid

5:48PM | Mon, 07 February 2011

Well, Enjoy the "beach" as long as you have it :))) At least one good thing out of the crisis...

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zil2008

5:50PM | Mon, 07 February 2011

Nice capture!

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willpee

5:58PM | Mon, 07 February 2011

Great shot and history !

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DangerousThing

6:02PM | Mon, 07 February 2011

Very nice. I think it's interesting how in the US something is old if it's over 100 years and ancient if it's 2 or 3 hundred years old (on the East coast - in California, it's less than that). Yet, when I went to Germany in high school I stayed in a normal family home that was originally built in the 1600s. Then I came back to Germany, mostly staying in the South for a month (very mountainous), then decided to hop a train to the Netherlands, and when I first got out of the train station I panicked for a minute until I realized that my subconscious couldn't see anything holding the sky up (no mountains on the horizon where I was). :)

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sandra46

6:13PM | Mon, 07 February 2011

beautiful old building, happy to see the old gentlaman still standing!

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shadownet

6:13PM | Mon, 07 February 2011

Really nice!

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magnus073

6:39PM | Mon, 07 February 2011

It is nice to see buildings in such marvelous shape after such a long time Chris, and so happy to see your country taking pride in such a tradition.

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arcebus

7:06PM | Mon, 07 February 2011

Why do I like old houses better than skyscapers....? Very nice spot, very nice shot!

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mikeerson

7:16PM | Mon, 07 February 2011

damn Chris, I didn't know you were 399 years old.... how do you do it??? LOL

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annie5

7:28PM | Mon, 07 February 2011

Nice building..thanks for the info! :)

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npauling

7:41PM | Mon, 07 February 2011

A lovely capture of this young old house.

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Faemike55

7:44PM | Mon, 07 February 2011

Wonderful shot, Chris interesting history

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psyoshida

7:55PM | Mon, 07 February 2011

I hope you get to keep the beach, so much nicer than a skyscraper. Great looking building and I love the history of the site. I wish you success with your boats now that you are on the beach that should work out well.

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