A visit to the hidden Binnenkadijk
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A television program visited the Binnenkadijk, a green public street hidden behind the Entrepotdok near Artis in Amsterdam. The street is situated above eighteenth-century warehouses whose middle section was removed in the early 1980s by architect Joop van Stigt to create space for small businesses and social housing.
The visit featured residents including Jesse, who converted a baking bicycle into emergency shelter during a period without housing before receiving a social rental home on the Binnenkadijk, and Marijke and Manuel, whose garden contains fruit trees and berries. The tour also included Marijke’s collection of images and a cultural object from New Guinea, and ended at the studio home of artist Bert, where visitors received an introduction to working with stained glass.