Author: Gemeentebestuur van Amsterdam.
Title: Tuinstad-Slotermeer.
Description: [Amsterdam, Stadsdrukkerij], 1952. 49 pp. B./w. ills. Orig. softcover. 4to. - Sl. worn; small stain on front cover, etc. Issued by the Gemeentebestuur van Amsterdam. Compiled by the Dienst der Publieke Werken van Amsterdam. - - Slotermeer is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the Dutch province of North Holland. The name of Slotermeer comes from the Slootermeer Lake that used to be in this area. In November 1927, the municipality of Amsterdam decided that the land west of the Ringspoorbaan would primarily be used for single-family houses. The housing department was tasked to work out a plan in cooperation with Public works for the construction of an area of about 400 hectares.As a result of World War II, the construction of Slotermeer was delayed by more than a decade. Construction began on 1 December 1951, and in late 1952, the first houses were ready to be lived in. On 7 October 1952, the first Garden City of Amsterdam outside the Ringspoorbaan was officially opened by Queen Juliana. - Text in Dutch.

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