Skyline De Uithof
 


Masterplanning in perspective

 


The masterplan of 1969 cast its shadows ahead. A huge university campus was perceived including wide, partly three lane roads. Preparations for the construction of those roads were made, but proved to be unrealistic. The picture below is taken in the early 1970s and shows the 'Toulouselaan'. The dimension of this culvert bridge allows for doubling the road. In fact, in the early 1990s (1993), the decision was reached not to double, but to reduce the road to a bycicle lane. It would take another 15 years before factual changes would take place: an idyllic bicycle route with a recreational spot on the culvert bridge for a picknick and a view on the adjacent historic scenery.

The building with the saw toothed roof is the former teaching center for the Faculty of Dentistry. Both the building and the faculty have disappeared from Utrecht.

 
 

These digitalia are best viewed in Century Gothic.
start | 1950s | early 1960s | late 1960s |early 1970s |
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