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Published: 2017-08-27 16:37:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 302; Favourites: 40; Downloads: 1
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Antwerp (Belgium), August 27th 2017Former MIVA tram 7386 passes the Art Nouveau house Helpt U Zelve ('Help Yourself') in the Volksstraat in Antwerp.
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Tram 7386 was built as tram 386 for the Compagnie Générale des Tramways d'Anvers in 1908, and remained in service until 1975. It is now held by the VLATAM tram and bus museum in Berchem, Belgium.
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Helpt U Zelve was commissioned by the Liberal Bond in 1899, and completed in 1901 according to the plans of Jan Van Asperen (1876-1962) en Emiel Van Averbeke (1876-1946). It was given a protected status in 1974, and converted into a Steinersschool in 1992.
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Thank you for the kind compliment!!
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Thank you for the kind comment!!
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Lovely that they ran the beautiful old machine.
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They rarely come out to play, so it was a very welcome sight indeed! :3
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Thank you! ^_^
I knew the trams would be out that day, and this was one of the backgrounds I had in mind for my shoot...
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I have a question is that building still in operation today or is it abounded
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It has been a school for the past 25 years (as noted in the description)
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