Author: BLITZ, ALBERT (SAMENSTELLING)
Title: Blauwe Maandag : Omdat Mijn Huis Daar Stond, 24 Maart 1975 : Een Verslag in Fotoos Van de Gebeurtenissen Die Dag in de Amsterdamse Nieuwmarkt
Description: Amsterdam, Aktiegroep Nieuwmarkt. 1975, 1ste druk, 1st printing. 64 pagina's met dramatische zwart- wit foto's. Fraai exemplaar, als nieuw. Amsterdam, Aktiegroep Nieuwmarkt, 1975. 14 x 20 cm. 64 pp. Original wrappers. Illustrated in b/w throughout. - Second edition - Contributions by: Pieter Boersma - Vincent Mentzel - Roberto-Peeters - Wim Ruigrok - Rob Stolk - Dolf Toussaint - Gerda van der Veen - Hannes Wallrafen & Koen Wessing. - 'In the 1970s many buildings on and around the Nieuwmarkt square were torn down to make way for a planned metro and highway which was to run right through the Nieuwmarkt neighbourhood. This led to heavy rioting (the Nieuwmarktrellen ) in 1975 and, ultimately, abandonment of the highway plans. The metro, however, was constructed, and Nieuwmarkt is now a station.' (Parr & Badger, The Photobook. a History volume III p. 68) - FINE COPY, AS NEW.

Keywords: Amsterdam/Nieuwmarkt/1975/Metro/Photobooks


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