Squatters at the Entrepotdok
Irmgard van KoningsbruggenThe warehouses of the Entrepotdok were used as tax-free storage for foreign goods. King William I hoped these would boost the economy of Amsterdam. In the nineteen-seventies, a councillor planned to turn the warehouses into expensive owner-occupied properties, and the inhabitants rose up in protest. For decades, these properties were occupied by squatters, but all were eventually evicted. 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.