Post office: hoofdpostkantoor

It is 1919 and they have begun building the huge post office. To make place for the post-office, they have to tear down the mint and some other buildings.

The mint and surrounding buildings

⦁ Winsen, J.J.A. van, fotograaf

⦁ Datering vroegst

⦁ 01-01-1918

⦁ Datering laatst

⦁ 31-12-1918

The mint and other buildings being torn down.

⦁ Smeekes, G.Ch., fotograaf

⦁ Datering vroegst

⦁ 01-01-1919

⦁ Datering laatst

⦁ 31-12-1919

After 5 painful years the post office is finally done in 1924. Look at it, what an imposing building. The architect is Joseph Crouwel jr. He designed the building in the style of the 'Amsterdamse school'. "Amsterdamse school" is characterized by the use of expressive and fantastic forms, mostly related to expressionism in the imposing parabolic hall, there are six statues of people, which represent five continents. The sixth one you might wonder, represents trade and wealth.

It's 2008, the building has been sold to Fortis real estate.

It is 2011, the last independent post office in the Netherlands was closed in Utrecht.

Today, the post office is being transformed into a multifunctional building, which will be a public library, food market, bicycle storage and more.

picture by David Struch 2019-09-04, 15:46 Utrecht, Neude