A picture over at the Gothamist, of the NYC’s Gansevoort market, reminds me of a city in the east of The Netherlands, that is Deventer. For some kind of reason I thought I recognized ‘De Waag ‘ (The Scale) on ‘De Brink’.
I couldn’t find a similar shot as made in Deventer, but ended up over at this page with plenty of other images of places I recognized. My favourite shot is the one overseeing ‘De Brink’: for obvious reasons. Spot my bike in this picture! Or see this image of the most famous store in The Netherlands (that’s where we also bought our first computer), pretty much comparable with our local Margolians. Or any department store.
As for Gansevoort, it’s a Dutch word consisting of two parts: Gans (‘Goose) and voort (basically an undeep spot in a river, where people normally cross).