Word: gerrit
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...like what I see here much more than everything else he showed us,” said local architect Gerrit Zwart after examining the model of Piano’s plans for the HUAM renovation in reference to the slide show of previous achievements which Piano displayed throughout his lecture...
Residents claim that the neighborhood has changed drastically in recent years, as the numbers of Dutch prostitutes dropped and thousands of women, many from Eastern Europe, arrived to take their place. "We used to know all the prostitutes, they were our neighbors," says Gerrit van der Veen, a management consultant who has lived in De Wallen since 1972. Van der Veen, like other locals, blames Amsterdam's government for ignoring the growing presence of traffickers and pimps, preferring instead to promote the city's open-mindedness. "The government just gave away the old center of Amsterdam," he says. Cohen admits...
...Gerrit Dou's Astronomer by Candlelight is familiar to any fan of 17th-century Dutch masters. But if a recent claim by heirs to one of the most prominent World War II-era Dutch art dealers succeeds, Dou's painting will be taken from Leiden's De Lakenhal Museum and returned to the family of Nathan Katz. In all, Katz' four children are claiming 225 paintings and two tapestries from museums and institutions throughout the Netherlands...
...Forest" [Jan. 29], about the plans of some companies to compensate for their CO2 emissions by planting trees. This is a nice first step. But we also need a worldwide organization with a lot of political and economical power to force companies of every country to reduce CO2 emissions. Gerrit Röpke Verden, Germany The Personal Is Environmental Re "Kyoto, Heal Thyself" [Jan. 29]: I want to believe that we Japanese are born loving and cherishing nature. However, I feel that we are not taking action. Despite the trend toward hybrid cars overseas, many young Japanese are attracted...
...forest" [Jan. 29], about the plans of some companies to compensate for their CO2 emissions by planting trees. This is a nice first step. But we also need a worldwide organization with a lot of political and economic power to force companies of every country to reduce CO2 emissions. Gerrit Röpke Verden, Germany...