The House of the Five Continents ("Huis de Vijf Werelddelen"), probably the most original Art Nouveau structure in the city, nicknamed "'Het Bootje" ("The Little Boat"), due to the second-floor loggia in the form of a ship's prow that emerges at the corner of the structure. It is actually a complex of four houses designed for the well-heeled shipbuilder P. Roeis, hence the ship forms and name, which also references Antwerp's longstanding stature as a global port. It is situated at the angle of Schilderstraat and Plaatsnijdersstraat and was built to designs of Frans Smet-Vehas in 1901.
Seems that only subscribers can post on today's DBD.
(Again, I was wondering why there are so few comments. It's like when I go an hour or two and work email seems light. Check my phone, which has a lot of emails. "oh, it's not downloading on my laptop...Go Offline, Go Online...there they all are :-/
DBD 03-22-2023: Little Boat
DBD Street Journal
SHE BLINDED ME WITH...
Funky buildings
PRO
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
DBD AV CLUB
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
CAL
Just posting here in case anyone sees it.
Seems that only subscribers can post on today's DBD.
(Again, I was wondering why there are so few comments. It's like when I go an hour or two and work email seems light. Check my phone, which has a lot of emails. "oh, it's not downloading on my laptop...Go Offline, Go Online...there they all are :-/
Cool photos of Oakland then and now: https://oaklandside.org/2023/03/20/photos-oakland-history-then-and-now/
A lot of downed trees, power outages, and treachery in the Bay Area yesterday. Hope y'all are safe!