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[nephthys224]

I seem to go in spurts with LJ-- I won't post for 3 weeks and then suddenly feel the need to write down in minute detail what I had for breakfast and how long it took me to brush my teeth. Guess which phase I'm in now

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An aquaintance of ours designed some of the rooms at the Bazar. A very cool place.
Yes, Rotterdam is a proper city. What a good bombing won't do to alleviate quaintness.

[nephthys224]

What a good bombing won't do to alleviate quaintness

*giggles* I didn't quite mean for my assessment of R'dam to come out that way, but I guess that's how it sounds! :-P Seriously, though-- I noticed the same sort of atmosphere in Cologne, which was also pretty much levelled during the war. Both cities feel more "familiar" to me than places like Amsterdam. I think it's simply because, like the places I grew up in (Dallas, Houston, Oklahoma City), they were built recently and have a very utilitarian, concrete-block feel to them. And skyscrapers! :)

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I agree, there is something refreshingly urban about post-WWII utilitarian design.
Also the scale of Rotterdam is more on par with how I grew up thinking a city should be. I am especially fond of the area around the NAI and the Schouwburgplein..