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Østerbrogade
Østerbrogade is the principal shopping street and thoroughfare in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It extends from Lille Triangel at the north-eastern tip of The Lakes, passes Trianglen, and continues to Svanemøllen station from where it becomes Strandvejen. History Østerbrogade originated as the old main road which extended from the Eastern City Gate, paradoxically located north of the city. Originally it was simply known as Østerbro and the name only referred to the stretch between the city gate and present day Trianglen where it continued as Strandvejen (English: The Beach Road) along the coast. After the city gate was dismantled in 1859 and the city was gradually allowed to develop beyond the old fortifications, still more of the old main road was included in Østerbrogade until it finally reached all the way to its present-day terminus at Svanemøllen in 1949. Redevelopment of the area along the road began in 1854 when the Danish Medical Associatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trianglen, Copenhagen
Trianglen () is a central junction and public space in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Five streets meet in the junction: Blegdamsvej, Øster Allé, Østerbrogade, Nordre Frihavnsgade and Odensegade. Trianglen is a station on the City Circle Line of the Copenhagen Metro. Lille Trianglen () is located some 400 metres to the south, along Østerbrogade. It is the junction of Østerbrogade, Dag Hammarskjölds Allé, Classensgade, Vester, Nørre and Øster Farimagsgade, Øster Farimagsgade and Søgade, Copenhagen, Øster Søgade. History The hospital Vartov was from 1630 located at the site. Its fortified building was part of Christian IV of Denmark, Christian IV's defense of Copenhagen. The Østerbrogade, East Road passed through the complex which consisted of four wings surrounded by ramparts and moats. The building was destroyed during the Swedish siege of Copenhagen in 1658 and Vartov subsequently moved to its current home on Vester Voldgade in 1665. The site's im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Østerfælled Barracks
Østerfælled Barracks ( Danish: ), later known as , was a barracks originally built in the 1890s for the Guard Hussars of the Royal Danish Army in the emerging Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Its grounds have now been transformed into a mixed-use development surrounding a pedestrian zone and is now known as . Many of the old buildings have been retained while others have been demolished to make way for new residential buildings. The old main entrance to the barracks is located on the corner of and . History Østerfælled Barracks were designed by Eugen Jørgensen and built between 1897 and 1898 for the Guard Hussars, the light cavalry regiment of the Royal Danish Army. The facility was named after the site, the Eastern Commons (), which had come under urban development after the decommissioning of Copenhagen's fortifications. St. James' Church, the first church to be built in , had been completed next to a little closer to the city in 1878 but other than that the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilhelm Klein
Vilhelm Klein (6 March 1835 – 10 February 1913) was a Danish architect who adopted the Historicist approach, frequently emulating the so-called Rosenborg style and the Italian Renaissance style. Early life Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, as the son of Ditlev Vilhelm Klein (1793-1868) and Marie Kirstine Skousboe (1806-1891). He first trained as a stonemason before studying at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts where he was awarded the grand silver medal in 1856. From 1851 to 1856, he worked as a draftsman for Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll who he always considered to have been his main instructor."Vilhelm Klein" ''Dansk Biografisk Leksikon''. Retrieved 15 January 2013. Career From 1857 to 1862, he worked as an architectural designer for |
Strandboulevarden
Strandboulevarden () is a major street in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Fridtjof Nansens Plads in the south to Østerbrogade in the north, linking Kristianiagade with Jagtvej. History Decided by the City Council in 1894 and opened in 1897, Strandboulevarden was founded in connection with the establishment of the Freeport of Copenhagen in the mid-1890s and the opening of the railway between Hellerup and Østerport which moved the coastline north of Copenhagen several hundred eastwards in the mid-1890s. The first section of the street, south of Nordre Frihavnegade, incorporated an existing street, Gefionsgade, slightly more narrow than the rest of the boulevard, which had been founded a few years earlier. The initial plan was to build a bridge across the railway tracks, which would have allowed the boulevard to continue north along present-day Strandpromenaden, but that part of the project was never carried out. Strandboulevarden was instead connected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Østerfælled Torv
Østerfælled Torv ( lit. "Østerfælled Market") is a mixed-use development surrounding a public space by the same name in the former grounds of Østerfælled Barracks in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is a result of a redevelopment of the site in the 1990s which preserved many of the old buildings, now used for retail and commercial space as well as cultural facilities, combining them with new apartment buildings. History Plans for the redevelopment of the former Østerfælled Barracks emerged in the early 1990s after all military activities had left the area. Arkitektgruppen (now Arkitema) designed the project. A local plan for the area was adopted by the politicians in 1992 and the area was subsequently acquired by BUPL's pension fund PBU in 1993. Some of the old buildings were demolished to make way for new residential buildings. Others were converted into retail and commercial space. PBU sold the residential share of the project to Schaumann Investment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brumleby
Brumleby is an enclave of terraced houses in Copenhagen, Denmark, located between Øster Allé and Østerbrogade, just south of Parken Stadium and St. James' Church, Copenhagen, St. James' Church. Built for indigent workers by the Danish Medical Association from 1854 to 1872, it is one of the earliest examples of social housing in Denmark and became a model for later projects. The development was designed by Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll in Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical style and later expanded by Vilhelm Klein to a roughly similar design. History Background The idea of providing cheap and healthy homes for the poorest part of the city's work force originated among local politicians and medical doctors during the 1853 Copenhagen cholera outbreak which killed approximately 5,000 citizens. A major reason for the outbreak was the dismal conditions in the poorest parts of the city which suffered from overcrowding and lack of proper sanitary services. Copenhagen's population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
