City of light vs Bijenkorf store by W.M. Dudok
05/07/2015.
[VIDEO] from Peter Veenendaal
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Documentary short by Dutch journalist Peter Veenendaal, about the old Bijenkorf department store in Rotterdam.
Bijenkorf department store by W.M. Dudok, in Rotterdam. City of Light. Video screenshot. Click above to see larger image.
Bijenkorf department store by W.M. Dudok, in Rotterdam in 1930. Imagen Wikiwand, KLM Aerocarto.
Overview. Opening, Bijenkorf department store by W.M. Dudok, in Rotterdam in 16 October 1930. Imagen Wikiwand, KLM Aerocarto. Click above to see larger image.
Bijenkorf department store by W.M. Dudok, in Rotterdam in 16 October 1930. Imagen Wikiwand, KLM Aerocarto. Click above to see larger image.
Bijenkorf department store by W.M. Dudok, in Rotterdam in 16 October 1930. Imagen Wikiwand, KLM Aerocarto. Click above to see larger image.
Bijenkorf department store by W.M. Dudok, in Rotterdam. 16 October 1930. City of Light. Video screenshot. Click above to see larger image.
Bijenkorf department store by W.M. Dudok, in Rotterdam in 1930.
Bijenkorf department store by W.M. Dudok, in Rotterdam. 21 January 1941. Click above to see larger image. Photography © J. van Rhijn.
Marcel Breuer's 1956 replacement for the Rotterdam De Bijenkorf, in collaboration with A. Alsacia. Image © Wikimedia CC user Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed.
B Tower by Wiel Arets, located right in the center of Rotterdam adjacent to the Bijenkorf department store. Photography @ Reinier de Jong. Click above to see larger image.
This masterpiece of modern architecture, designed by the famous Dutch architect Willem Marinus Dudok, opened in 1930. It was hailed as the biggest en most modern department store in Europe. But ten years later, in May 1940, it was largely destroyed during the German bombardement of Rotterdam. In the mid Fifties, the remaining part was closed, demolished and forgotten. In this film, original footage, pictures and eyewitness accounts bring Dudok's masterpiece back to life.
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