FotoapparatFeb 2, 2025
Tour Sablon - Point de vue des Marolles. Bruxelles, 11.2024
110 film - Orca 110 - 100 ISO - B&W
La Tour du Sablon fut construite entre 1966 et 1968 à l'endroit où se trouvait la première Maison du Peuple du parti ouvrier belge inaugurée en 1899, qui fut démontée en 1965 pour laisser place à la tour actuelle. Tot recent was een aantal departementen van de Federale Overheidsdienst Financiën hier gehuisvest. Hij is het symbool geworden van de sloopwoede en vernieuwingsdrang die Brussel in de jaren 60 onderging. Der Tour Sablon ist im Laufe der Zeit zu einem Symbol der Brüsselisierung geworden.
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stadt.weltMay 7, 2024

(3) Impressions from #Brussels #Belgium: Some #roads are incredibly wide, I measured up to 75m (246ft) on the Waterloo Boulevard. This is twice as wide as a normal #highway in germany.

The city development of Brussels was only very loosely regulated in the #1960s and 70s, in consequence many #historic buildings were demolished, big #boulevards constructed and high rise business districts sprung up. This effect is called #Brusselization.

In the specific case of the Waterloo Boulevard there are luxury brand shops on the sides and nine car lanes in the middle. This combination of destinations and high speed routes on the same axis comes with a very high safety risk for pedestrians and cyclists, as @notjustbikes discusses on his excellent #podcast #theurbanistagenda in the episode “The staggering Ignorance of Traffic Engineers”.