It was around 1953 when the local government of Utrecht decided to renovate the wharfs
of the Nieuwe-gracht and Oudegracht.
Old gas lamps should be put back in the street scene.
They were carried on a “Collar Stone” (Kraagsteen or console) and decorated one by one with a sculpture.
More about it in a future chapter in this blog.
Today the loco-mayor unveiled a sculpture dedicated to the former Mayor of Utrecht Annie Brouwer-Korf, who was mayor between 2 July 2007 and 20 December 2007.
It was a present of the members of the local government in honour of her departure as mayor.
See "goodbye meeting" speeches, during a special meeting of the local government, here (page 9, last two paragraphs -alas in Dutch only).
The sculpture is created by Koos Boomstra who has successfully expressed Mrs. Brouwer as she was:
A bit severe lady by which quality she maintained in all kind of situations that came up in local politic. In the background a brewery scene, for Mrs. Brouwer's name means ''brewer".
The sculpture is created by Koos Boomstra who has successfully expressed Mrs. Brouwer as she was:
A bit severe lady by which quality she maintained in all kind of situations that came up in local politic. In the background a brewery scene, for Mrs. Brouwer's name means ''brewer".
In the past you could also find about 20 breweries in the neighbourhood of this part of the Oude Gracht.
The console is placed at Oude Gracht at the wharf 328.
The console is placed at Oude Gracht at the wharf 328.
on the pictures: taking away the red-white Utrecht flag, the sculpture with a.o. ginkgo leaves and platinum mayor chain, and Annie Brouwer between Koos Boomstra and loco-mayor Harm Janssen
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