No tubes, but homes!
Irmgard van KoningsbruggenLike train tracks, lines of light run on either side of the canal walls. We are now right over the Amsterdam’s metro network. Did you know that there were huge protests against the construction of the metro lines in the seventies? This was because it required the demolition of perfectly good houses, which were then occupied by people from the area. The activists’ slogan was: “geen buizen, maar huizen” (no tubes, but homes). But the metro came regardless. The full story will be published soon.
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Irmgard van Koningsbruggen
Irmgard van Koningsbruggen is an architecture historian working at the Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam. In five city stories she dives into disruptive events in the history of Amsterdam.