Old cargo ship houseboat, known as "living ship" (woonschip)
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Old cargo ship houseboat, known as "living ship" (woonschip)
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Creator:
Scott Gilchrist (Canadian photographer, born 1960)
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Scott Gilchrist (Canadian photographer, born 1960)
Creator
Location:
creation: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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creation: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Location
Location Note:
Grachtengordel, canal district
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Grachtengordel, canal district
Location Note
GPS:
52.36706 4.8645
GPS
52.36706 4.8645
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Date:
photographed 2013 (creation)
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photographed 2013 (creation)
Date
Cultural Context:
Dutch
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Dutch
Cultural Context
Style Period:
Seventeenth century; Twenty-first century
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Seventeenth century; Twenty-first century
Style Period
Work Type 1:
topographical view
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topographical view
Work Type 1
Classification:
urban and topographical views
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urban and topographical views
Classification
Material:
digital images
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digital images
Material
Technique:
photography
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photography
Technique
Description:
Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, has more than one hundred kilometres of canals, about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. The three main canals, Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht, dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age, form concentric belts around the city, known as the Grachtengordel. This was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2010. A fourth outer canal belt, the Singelgracht was built for purposes of defense and water management. There are also many interconnecting canals along radii of the belts. In addition, the river Amstel flows through the center of the city. Houseboats were once a way to deal with the post-WWII Amsterdam housing shortage, however, nowadays they are in high demand; there are approximately 2,400, with 750 of those in the inner canal ring. They are regulated (by number of licensed mooring places) and since 2005, tied into the city water and sewage systems. Some of the houseboats are converted cargo vessels, others are purpose-built. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, has more than one hundred kilometres of canals, about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. The three main canals, Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht, dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age, form concentric belts around the city, known as the Grachtengordel. This was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2010. A fourth outer canal belt, the Singelgracht was built for purposes of defense and water management. There are also many interconnecting canals along radii of the belts. In addition, the river Amstel flows through the center of the city. Houseboats were once a way to deal with the post-WWII Amsterdam housing shortage, however, nowadays they are in high demand; there are approximately 2,400, with 750 of those in the inner canal ring. They are regulated (by number of licensed mooring places) and since 2005, tied into the city water and sewage systems. Some of the houseboats are converted cargo vessels, others are purpose-built. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
