Window Licker

Rubber

Via Giuseppe Fiorelli

Trees

The Vijverhofstraat during Urban Renewal period.
photo: Lex de Herder, 1982
collectie Stadsarchief Rotterdam

Get away from your computer, go out and check the city behind your Windows.
Lascia il tuo computer, esci ed esplora
la città dietro le Windows.

Column

Corinthian Columns

Via San Maria di Costantinopoli

Corinthian wannabe

The Jonker Fransstraat during
Urban Renewal period.
photo: Lex de Herder, 1974
collectie Stadsarchief Rotterdam

There is no free press without columns.
Non c'è stampa libera senza colonne.

BWEH

Laboratorio Occupato S.K.A.

Facciata artists: Diego Miedo, ARP, KAF, Zolta (ZTL)
Calata Trinita Maggiore

OX

by the artists Onio (detail) & OX Alien (2009).
Schiestraat
videostill: Rotterdam 2040

Paint your city. It's a colouring book.
Dipingi la tua città. È un libro da colorare.

Theatre Complex

Real Teatro di San Carlo

Facciata principale vista dalla Galleria Umberto I.
Via San Carlo

De Groote Schouwburg (1887 - 1940)

Aert van Nesstraat after the bombardment. De Groote Schouwburg has been demolished since the bombing.
photo: W. Nijholt, 1940
collectie Stadsarchief Rotterdam

Have a ballet, a philharmonic orchestra, a theatre production company and then built a theatre. Not the other way around.
Avere prima un balletto, un'orchestra filarmonica, una società di produzione teatrale e poi costruire un teatro. Non il contrario.

Castlemania

Hof van Wena (before 1426)

Drawing by the artist Hendrik Altmann (1832) of the Hof van Wena (Weena) castle (around 1398).
collectie Stadsarchief Rotterdam

Almost all cities started with a castle, so why become one again? Or why not?
Quasi tutte sono partite da un castello, quindi perchè diventarlo di nuovo? O perchè no?