Beurspassage Amsterdam

Beautiful splendid passage. Unfortunately, she does not come across so well in the pictures.
In really really nice.

The passageway linking Nieuwendijk with Damrak near the Beurs van Berlage has a history that goes back to the fifteenth century. The former alleyway Baafjessteeg dates from 1416. In the late nineteenth century it was roofed over and integrated in the office building of an insurance company, De Algemeene Maatschappij van Levensverzekering en Lijfrente. The building, designed by H.P. Berlage, was a mix of architectural styles – functionalism and Jugendstil. Baafjessteeg was turned into an arcade (Beurspassage), a function it retained when in 1912 the building was redeveloped into C&A’s flagship store and headquarters. In 1963 the building was virtually destroyed by fire, with only the façade left standing. Five years later, a new building, also incorporating an arcade, was built for C&A, to a design by the architectural office Van der Laan.
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At the end of the 19th century, the former Baafjessteeg alley was roofed over. In 1905 it was given the name Beurspassage.