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Overtoom. It's a beautiful street, about 2 km long. It runs from the city
heart, the Leidseplein, to the Amstelveenseweg. It's history starts in the
14th century, when it was a small path connecting Sloten and the centre of
Amsterdam. Later famous for it's inn's, beautiful mansions,
recreation grounds, gardens, cotton industry and even fortresses.
Now it's a busy street, with a tramway in the middle. Graffiti everywhere. Most houses that we see now are dating back fro the second half of the 19th century. But also modern buildings mingle between. What makes the Overtoom so special nowadays is the mix of many styles of buildings, the broad street and it's large green trees bordering it. Many owners try to renovate the often neglected buildings, to restore them as much as possible into their old glory. But as it has always been in history, one builds and the other destroys. What is created and kept with much effort is thoughtlessly ruined by uninterested passers by. Please have a look at these pictures. Comment on it. Pictures were taken on August 20, 2000. Note of the Author: I am writing Graffiti, but on the pictures shown you will mostly see the so called TAGS. Not always is Graffiti ugly, as you can see on the picture above. But for sure TAGS are dirty, destructive, not creative, not artistic and definitely NOT wanted.
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