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antwerp
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Saturday, 4 August 2012
Zurenborg, an Antwerp Suburb
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A 15 minute tram-ride from the city centre past the wondrous Central Station and on for another two miles via a long, narrow street of s...
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Saturday, 12 November 2011
Genius loci: Draakplaats
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Most large cities have a location like this one in Antwerp where transport arteries intersect and dominate the sense of place. Six roads con...
Friday, 28 October 2011
Four Seasons
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These four substantial townhouses are positioned at each point of a crossroads at the corner of Van Merlen Straat and Waterloo Straat in the...
Sunday, 16 October 2011
Hands of the Martyrs
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Charlotte Corday's fateful letter of introduction gripped by the hand of the dying Marat - a detail from Jacques-Louis David's saint...
Tuesday, 7 June 2011
Great Railway Stations Number 5 (Part 2): Antwerpen-Centraal
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The reconstruction of Antwerpen-Centraal station began in 1998 and the extended and enhanced station opened at the end of 2007. The central ...
Saturday, 7 May 2011
Great Railway Stations Number 5 (Part 1): Antwerpen-Centraal: a Postcard Tour
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In W G Sebald’s book, Austerlitz , the eponymous hero is first encountered in the precincts of this fabulous railway station. The narrator a...
Friday, 6 May 2011
Past and Present No. 4: Boerentoren, Antwerp
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When built in 1924 this was Europe’s tallest building and the first to exhibit a classic Manhattan profile. Twenty four floors and a steel f...
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