Revolutionary road [Amsterdam]

Revolutionary road [Amsterdam]
Inserito originariamente da Corscri Daje Tutti! [Cristiano Corsini]

Spuistraat

"Belle" [Amsterdam, Red Light District, Statue in honor of prostitutes]

"Belle" [Amsterdam, Red Light District, Statue in honor of prostitutes]
Inserito originariamente da Corscri Daje Tutti! [Cristiano Corsini]

"Titled Belle, the monument depicts a full-breasted woman who, feet apart and standing in a doorway at the top of small set of steps, looks self-assuredly into the world.
It was created by artist Els Rijerse from ’s-Graveland, Netherlands.
The bronze sculpture — which stands on Oudekerksplein in front of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam’s oldest church — was designed at the initiative of Mariska Majoor, of the Prostitution Information Center.
According to Majoor, herself a former prostitute, the statue is meant to show respect to the millions of people around the world who earn their money in prostitution.
The same square, bordered by pubs, coffee shops and bordellos, already sports a sculpture of a hand caressing a breast, one of several bronze and iron statues donated to the city of Amsterdam by an unknown artist.
In order to prevent vandalism, the statue is fortified with steel. Belle is perched atop a high, granite pedestal meant to deter those who engage in so-called ‘wild-peeing.’
Hours before the statue was unveiled, Mariska Majoor was physically assaulted by an elderly lady who apparently was not happy to have the statue close to her home. The woman was taken into police custody, and released after the unveiling had taken
place".
www.dutchamsterdam.nl/142-amsterdam-prostitute-statue

Amsterdam pub

Amsterdam pub
Inserito originariamente da Corscri Daje Tutti! [Cristiano Corsini]

I pub di Amsterdam che ho visitato hanno rappresentato una piacevole scoperta. I proprietari, refrattari alle ristrutturazioni griffate da franchising o imposte dal gusto di stagione di turno, che rendono un locale simile a tutti gli altri tranne che a se stesso, conservano mobili e complementi del passato e li adoperano in maniera sorprendente. Così ho visto impiegare parti di lampadari liberty come montavivande e quadri, appena smontati dalle pareti, utilizzati come tavolini. Mi sono sentito catapultato in Brazil o nell’Esercito delle dodici scimmie (per vedersi in Paura e delirio a Las Vegas credo che sia sufficiente intrufolarsi in Coffee Shop).

Nel locale della foto non ho messo piede.

Lampedusa [Caretta caretta]

Lampedusa [Caretta caretta]
Inserito originariamente da Corscri Daje Tutti! [Cristiano Corsini]

avrei voluto scattare foto a vere tartarughe ma non ne sono stato carapace

Absolutely Amsterdam

Absolutely Amsterdam
Inserito originariamente da Corscri Daje Tutti! [Cristiano Corsini]