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Amsterdam Centraal
Amsterdam Centraal is one big under-construction site, the result should be a hyper-modern station in the underground and the restored historic building that you see here.
The whole construction should be ready somewhat around 2013. I would be fifty years old, then.
Amsterdam Centraal (Asd) is the Centraal Station (Central Station) of Amsterdam. It is one of the main railway nodes of the Netherlands and is used by approximately 150,000 passengers a day, excluding transferring passengers. It is also the starting point of Amsterdam metro lines 51, 53, and 54. The station building of Amsterdam Centraal was designed by P. J. H. Cuypers and A. L. van Gendt, and opened in 1889. The station is currently under reconstruction due to the construction of the North/South metro line (metro line 52). Amsterdam Centraal is twinned with Liverpool Street Station in London.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Centraal
Upload Date: 2008-01-06
Photographer: MacMurph
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Race of Champions 2007
The 2007 Race of Champions was held at a freezing Wembley Stadium on 16th December. Good job the camera had the image stabaliser switched on, otherwise all these would have been really b..b..bl..blurred. ;-)
Upload Date: 2007-12-19
Photographer: Swerv
Recommendations: 36
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NetApp Xmas Party 2007 - Welcome
Upload Date: 2007-12-17
Photographer: MacMurph
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O♥Donna
I was thinking of Donna when I saw this shop ... obviously ...
Upload Date: 2007-11-26
Photographer: MacMurph
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Oudewater
Oudewater is situated where the Linschoten river flows out in the Hollandsche IJssel. The origin of the town of Oudewater is obscure and no information has be found concerning the first settlement of citizens. It is also difficult to recover the name of Oudewater. One explanation is that the name is a corruption of old water-meadow. Oudewater was an important border city between Holland and Utrecht. Oudewater (lit. "Old water") was of great strategic importance. The town was granted city rights in 1265 by Hendrik van Vianden, the bishop of Utrecht. Oudewater took place in the First Free Statescouncil in Dordrecht on July 19, 1572, Oudewater was one of the twelve cities taking part in the first free convention of the States-General in Dordrecht. This was a meeting that laid down the origin of the State of the Netherlands, as we know it now, under the leadership of the House of Orange. This happened at the beginning of the 80 year war (1568-1648) when the Netherlands were still part of the Spanish Empire. After a siege of several months, Oudewater was conquered by the Spanish on August 7, 1575, and most of its inhabitants killed.
In the 16th and 17th century, Oudewater was an important producer of rope. In the surrounding area, hemp was cultivated. There still is a rope manufacturing plant and a rope museum in the town.
Oudewater is the setting for the 1975 novel, Das Geheimnis des Baron Oudewater, set in the 1500s, when The Netherlands was fighting for its independence from Spain. Written by the German author Alberta Rommel, it has been described as a "romantic historical novel".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oudewater
Upload Date: 2007-11-25
Photographer: MacMurph
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Fietscafe
Isn't that cool? A bicycle-beer-bar!
www.fietscafe.nl
Upload Date: 2007-04-28
Photographer: MacMurph
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November in Floriande
Upload Date: 2007-11-15
Photographer: MacMurph
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Amsterdam Narrowest House
If you search on Google Earth for the narrowest house in Amsterdam, you'll find many places that claim to be the narrowest house in Amsterdam/Holland/Europe/World. Here comes another one ;)
Upload Date: 2007-11-22
Photographer: MacMurph
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Todays WX
Ahh, the first snow!!
Taken from the front porch just a little earlier this morning.
I'm getting that Christmas feeling coming over me!!
Upload Date: 2007-11-19
Photographer: glasson
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Library Entrance
This is a RARE sight indeed.
A virtually empty entrance inside the New York city library over on 5th and 42d. Normally it's SO busy it's hard to even stop and enjoy the space.
Just hadda' post this image.
-Jim
Upload Date: 2007-11-19
Photographer: glasson
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