Almoner Bridge 68 ~ Amsterdam Streets
Two minutes of people and streetcars (GVB) in the rain this month on the Aalmoezeniersbrug (Almoner bridge), bridge #68 in the Leidsestraat, spanning the Prinsengracht canal in Amsterdam. Film : 20200126 Michel van der Burg | 1-memo.com
Kriterion ~ Amsterdam
A cinema steeped in history … ‘Kriterion’ began life as an Amsterdam student association involved in hiding and saving many Jews (an estimated 400 jewish children (Ref. 2) from Nazi persecution – next in 1945 the students opened cinema Kriterion (Ref. 3) in the former building (until 1942) of the ‘Handwerkers Vriendenkring’ association of mainly Jewish diamond workers – and 75 year later in Kriterion – still runned by the Amsterdam students – last night – arthouse cinema : screening of Beyond Index and post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Gerald Van Der Kaap.
Ref. 1 – https://www.kriterion.nl
Ref. 2 – https://www.cineville.nl/films/kriterion-herdenkt
Ref. 3 – Amsterdam Students Run Movie House. In : Higher Education – SemiMonthly publication of the higher education division – United States Office of Education, Fedural Security Agency. Vol. III, No. 7 , Washigton, D.C. December 1, 1946; Page 10 .
Bridge 69 X Bridge 87 ~ Amsterdam Streets
Amsterdam street view of the Spiegelgracht (Mirror canal) last Friday – with the Rijksmuseum in the background – standing at the crossing of bridge 69 (Antiquairbrug / Antiquarian bridge) spanning the Prinsengracht canal and on the right bridge 87 (Spiegelbrug / Mirror bridge) spanning the Spiegelgracht (Mirror canal). Film : 20200119 Michel van der Burg | 1-memo.com
Mirror Bridge 87 ~ Amsterdam Streets
Spiegelbrug (Mirror bridge) in the south-western quay of the Prinsengracht (Prince’s Canal) , spanning the Spiegelgracht (Mirror canal). Street view yesterday 5 PM in Amsterdam from the north quay of the Prinsengracht , with the Rijksmuseum in the background. Film : 20200118 Michel van der Burg | 1-memo.com
Roe Sluice Bridge 64 ~ Amsterdam Streets
Street view last week on the ‘Roe Sluice’ (Reesluis – bridge 64) over the Prinsengracht canal – port to the Jordaan district on the left – with the Westerkerk church (near the Anne Frank House) in the background – Amsterdam, 4:38 PM January 7, 2020. Bridge named after the hide trade including roe deer skin that used to be there and in the Jordaan. Film : 20200111 Michel van der Burg | 1-memo.com
Bridge 112 bordering the Jordaan ~ Amsterdam Streets
Street view on the banks of the Prinsengracht canal with in the west bank the ‘Tennis Court’ bridge (Caetsbaanbrug, bridge 112) over the Lauriergracht canal – in the 16th century called ‘Caetsbaensloot’ for the ditch along the ‘Caetsbaenspad’ , the footpath , named after a tennis court (caetsbaen) there outside the city walls, now the Jordaan district of Amsterdam. The Westerkerk church bells are ringing 4:30 PM (January 7, 2020). Film : 20200109 Michel van der Burg | 1-memo.com
Bridge 65 to the Jordaan ~ Amsterdam Streets
Street view on the ‘Bears sluice’ (Berensluis – bridge 65) over the Prinsengracht canal – port to the Jordaan district – in the center of Amsterdam , yesterday at twilight during rush hour, 5 PM January 7, 2020. Film : 20200108 Michel van der Burg | 1-memo.com
