The east of Wijkerstraatweg

Light, air and space in the Reconstruction of Velsen-North – realization: 1948-49. This is the section to the east of Wijkerstraatweg.  We are looking from the south, via the public green between Ladderbeekstraat and Schoonoortstraat, towards the road Meerweidenplantsoen, which runs perpendicularly.  Such spacious open greens between long linear developments are quite characteristic of Reconstruction districts. Both in this region, the IJmond area, and elsewhere it is a frequent feature. See, for example, the urban renewal districts of the same period around the Kuenenplein in Beverwijk.  Photograph dated 1950. Collection: Velsen Gemeentearchief [Municipal Archives]