Media item

Modern housing in Plan West

Week number: 27-26

Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.

Type:
video
Length:
01:40
Publication date:
1 November 1927
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
BG_5771

Modern housing in the Amsterdam West as part of the Amsterdams Uitbreidings Plan (Amsterdam Development Plan), led by Berlage and Van Eesteren. - several streetshots in the Jan Evertsenstraat (with tram). Mercatorplein and Hoofdweg and the surrounding neighbourhood with spacious set-up and modern surroundings. Note: SOURCE: "Honderd jaar Amsterdam en de Amsterdammers" and the City Archive. Plan West came before the famous Plan South of Berlage.