Wilhelminapier by Menno Heijboer

About "Wilhelminapier"

by Menno Heijboer

About the artwork

Wilhelminapier is a highly urban area on the Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam . Administratively it falls since March 3, 2010 under the Feijenoord ( previously under the center of Rotterdam) .
The rectangular area is located along the Nieuwe Maas at the foot of the Erasmus Bridge , and since the turn of the century is characterized by high-rise buildings and modern amenities . Near the Wilhelmina Pier since 1997 Wilhelmina Square, the metro station . Since 2001 the new Luxor Theatre is located on the Wilhelmina Pier. End of 2013 , the Rotterdam , designed by Rem Koolhaas delivered . Was This building is 150 meters high .
Previously Wilhelminakade, which runs the entire length of the pier, quay from where many passenger left for America was. The pier has become a symbol of the 19th - and 20th -century emigration to America . The westernmost point is called the Queen's Head. Here is since 2001 the large cast-iron statue Lost luggage depot Canadian historian and artist Jeff Wall as a symbol of farewell here emigrants took their " previous life " .
Hotel New York , the former headquarters of the Holland America Line , with its copper domed towers, one of the emblematic buildings . After the departure of the HAL in 1971 a master plan for the redevelopment of the area was designed by Sir Norman Foster in 1992 . He designed in 2000 by the World Port Center , the first rise since then is the backdrop behind the hotel .
In September 2014 , the Oasis of the Seas is expected. Thi