Bijlmermeer

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Bijlmermeer is a residential neighborhood in Amsterdam, Netherlands, known for its large-scale modernist high-rise housing and diverse, multicultural population.

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Bijlmermeer canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf neighborhood
residential district
architecturalStyle modernism
continent Europe
country Netherlands
countryCapital Amsterdam
demographics large Antillean community
large Ghanaian community
large Surinamese community
large West African communities
ethnicDiversity high
hasCharacteristic high-rise apartment blocks
honeycomb-shaped building layout
large green spaces between buildings
separated traffic levels
hasLandmark Bijlmerpark
Heesterveld creative community
Nelson Mandela Square
surface form: Nelson Mandelapark
hasLandUse mixed-use
residential
hasShoppingCentre Amsterdamse Poort
hasTransport Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station
surface form: Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA station

Bullewijk metro station
Strandvliet metro station
surface form: Ganzenhoef metro station

Kraaiennest metro station
Reigersbos metro station
Strandvliet metro station
inception 1960s
knownFor large-scale modernist high-rise housing
multicultural population
post-war urban planning
language Dutch
localLanguages Dutch
English
Sranan Tongo
locatedIn Amsterdam
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Amsterdam-Zuidoost
Amsterdam-Zuidoost
surface form: Borough of Amsterdam-Zuidoost
mainConstructionPeriod 1970s
late 1960s
partOf North Holland
Randstad metropolitan region
surface form: Randstad
redevelopment construction of mid-rise and low-rise housing
demolition of some high-rise blocks
large-scale urban renewal from 1990s
significantEvent Bijlmer disaster
El Al Flight 1862 crash
significantEventDate 1992-10-04
urbanPlanningConcept tower-in-the-park
urbanPlanningModel CIAM-inspired modernism

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Bullewijk locatedNear Bijlmermeer
Amsterdam Metro line 50 serves Bijlmermeer
Bijlmer ArenA partOf Bijlmermeer
Amsterdam Metro line 54 servesArea Bijlmermeer
Metro Line 54 serves Bijlmermeer
Diemen locatedNear Bijlmermeer
Amsterdam-Zuidoost contains Bijlmermeer
AFAS Live (formerly Heineken Music Hall) Amsterdam cityDistrict Bijlmermeer
subject surface form: AFAS Live
Bullewijk metro station locatedIn Bijlmermeer