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253:, and ended where it joined the Leprozengracht. Beyond the end there was a garden and orchard, then the Lynbanen, city ramparts and moat. A 1737 map by Gerrit de Broen shows the fortifactions and moat had been moved much further east. Hout Graft had been extended east past Leprozengraft, leading into the Muyder Graft (
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December 1883. It was made into a Jewish market. The street traders from around Jodenbreestraat had to move to the new square. They complained that the square was too windy and no customers would come. The former island is now the home of the Amsterdam
242:'s father Michael d'Espinosa rented a brick house on the corner of the Houtgracht and Leprozengracht, and this is where the philosopher grew up. In the 1870s other houses along the canal were used by a silversmith, father of the trade unionist
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261:) is still shown on an 1835 map. The Houtgracht connected the Zwanenburgwal to the Nieuwe Herengracht until 1870, when the section that is now the Jonas Daniël Meijerplein was filled in.
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Houtgracht looking east towards Mozes and Aäron church (left) with the bridge between
Vlooienburgersteeg (Houtkopersdwarsstraat) and Korte Houtstraat. c. 1867
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98:52.368391°N 4.901910°E
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451:Gerrit de Broen 1737
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136:Construction
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340:Theo Bakker
177:Vlooienburg
101: /
77:Coordinates
785:Palmgracht
760:Houtgracht
744:Spuistraat
658:2019-07-28
639:2019-07-29
623:2019-07-28
605:2019-07-28
587:2019-07-28
583:(in Dutch)
548:2019-07-28
543:Spinozaweb
531:2019-07-28
514:2019-07-28
316:Zuiderkerk
251:Raamgracht
160:Houtgracht
149:Demolished
86:52°22′06″N
20:Houtgracht
834:Old maps:
678:Amsterdam
668:Amsterdam
569:Amsterdam
173:Amsterdam
89:4°54′07″E
71:Amsterdam
883:Category
67:Location
717:Former
508:De Echo
496:Sources
277:Gallery
271:Stopera
191:History
322:. 1867
201:Amstel
197:Amstel
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