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C.B. Vaandrager

FROM FISHING-VILLAGE TO METROPOLIS

‘... and said that here romanticism
had been bombed away
to make room for a new kind of romanticism
and that in this manner romanticism too
had been annexed to the satisfaction
of all citizens and that
if Amsterdam the heart of the Netherlands
this settlement surely the family jewels.’

VAN VISSERSDORP TOT WERELDSTAD

VAN VISSERSDORP TOT WERELDSTAD

‘… en zei dat hier de romantiek
was weggebombardeerd
om plaats te maken voor een nieuwe romantiek
en zei dat aldus ook de romantiek
weer tot tevredenheid van alle poorters
was geannexeerd en dat
als Amsterdam het hart van Nederland vormt
dan deze nederzetting the geslachtsdelen.’
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FROM FISHING-VILLAGE TO METROPOLIS

‘... and said that here romanticism
had been bombed away
to make room for a new kind of romanticism
and that in this manner romanticism too
had been annexed to the satisfaction
of all citizens and that
if Amsterdam the heart of the Netherlands
this settlement surely the family jewels.’

FROM FISHING-VILLAGE TO METROPOLIS

‘... and said that here romanticism
had been bombed away
to make room for a new kind of romanticism
and that in this manner romanticism too
had been annexed to the satisfaction
of all citizens and that
if Amsterdam the heart of the Netherlands
this settlement surely the family jewels.’
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