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dc.coverage.spatialCreation Site: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe,en_US
dc.coverage.temporalphotographed 2013 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorGilchrist, Scotten_US
dc.date2013en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-22T16:25:49Z
dc.date.available2014-12-22T16:25:49Z
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.identifier254155en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 3059en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/169794
dc.descriptionBoaters in open dinghies embarking near street cafe; Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, has more than one hundred kilometres of canals, about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. The three main canals, Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht, dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age, form concentric belts around the city, known as the Grachtengordel. This was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2010. A fourth outer canal belt, the Singelgracht was built for purposes of defense and water management. There are also many interconnecting canals along radii of the belts. In addition, the river Amstel flows through the center of the city. Houseboats were once a way to deal with the post-WWII Amsterdam housing shortage, however, nowadays they are in high demand; there are approximately 2,400, with 750 of those in the inner canal ring. They are regulated (by number of licensed mooring places) and since 2005, tied into the city water and sewage systems. Some of the houseboats are converted cargo vessels, others are purpose-built. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/14/2014)en_US
dc.format.mediumdigital imagesen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectcityscapeen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectCity planningen_US
dc.subjectcanalsen_US
dc.subjectTwenty-first centuryen_US
dc.subjectSeventeenth centuryen_US
dc.titleAmsterdam Canals: Topographic Viewsen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-N-A-CTV-A25en_US
vra.culturalContextDutchen_US
vra.techniquephotographyen_US
vra.worktypetopographical viewen_US
dc.contributor.displayScott Gilchrist (Canadian photographer, born 1960)en_US


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