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Nightfall over the Rijnhaven harbour basin and the Rijnhavenbrug (‘Rijnhaven Bridge’). Visible on the left: the Katendrecht peninsula including the so-called Fenixloodsen (‘Fenix Sheds’). On the right: the Montevideo residential tower of architectural office Mecanoo / Francine Houben on the Wilhelminapier.

Photograph of Fenixloods II (‘Fenix Shed II’), animal feed factory Provimi on the Katendrecht Veerlaan and ice flakes in the mouth of the Rijnhaven harbour basin. Fenixloods II is one of the two so-called Fenixloodsen (‘Fenix Sheds’), which were in use by C. Steinweg Handelsveem B.V. until recently. The Fenixloodsen (‘Fenix Sheds’) are the remnants of the San Francisco shed of the Holland Amerika Lijn (‘Holland America Line’). After World War II the HAL ceded the sheds when it left the Katendrecht peninsula for the Wilhelminapier. On the horizon, right: the Lloydkwartier neighbourhood on the northbank of the river Nieuwe Maas (‘New Meuse’). Photo shot from the Rijnhavenbrug during sunset.

Beautiful sunset over the mouth of the Rijnhaven harbour basin and river Nieuwe Maas (‘New Meuse’). On the left: Fenixloods II (‘Fenix Shed II’) and animal feed factory Provimi on the Veerlaan on the Katendrecht peninsula. Fenixloods II is one of the two so-called Fenixloodsen, which were in use by C. Steinweg Handelsveem B.V. until recently. On the the horizon: the Lloydkwartier neighbourhood and the Euromast, both on the northbank of the Nieuwe Maas. Note the flakes of ice on the surface of the basin.

Fenixloods II (‘Fenix Shed II’) and animal feed factory Provimi on the Katendrecht Veerlaan. Fenixloods II is one of the two so-called Fenixloodsen (‘Fenix Sheds’), which were in use by C. Steinweg Handelsveem B.V. until recently. Note the ice flakes in the mouth of the Rijnhaven harbour basin. Photo shot during sunset.

Beautiful sunset over the mouth of the Rijnhaven harbour basin and river Nieuwe Maas (‘New Meuse’). On the left: Fenixloods II (‘Fenix Shed II’) and animal feed factory Provimi on the Veerlaan on the Katendrecht peninsula. Fenixloods II is one of the two so-called Fenixloodsen (‘Fenix Sheds’), which were in use by C. Steinweg Handelsveem B.V. until recently. The Rijnhaven is an old harbour basin, dug between 1887 and 1895. Note the flakes of ice.

The Rijnhaven Zuidzijde on the so-called ‘Pols van Katendrecht’ (‘Katendrecht Wrist’), including the European China Centre construction site and the Latenstein flower factory. Visible on the right: the Rijnhaven harbour basin and the Rijnhavenbrug (‘Rijnhaven Bridge’) in course of construction. Photo shot during sunset.

Railway tracks between above-ground subway stations Maashaven and Rijnhaven. On the left: the Maashaven harbour basin. On the right: the Maashaven Oostzijde and ‘Deelgemeentekantoor Feijenoord’, designed by architectural office ‘Bekkering Adams architecten’ and home of the Rotterdam borough of Feijenoord. On the horizon: a blanket of dark rain clouds over the ‘Pols van Katendrecht’ (‘Katendrecht Wrist’), the Kop van Zuid skyline, including the Maastoren and the Wilhelminahof, and residential tower ‘De Hillekop’.

This photo shows the Latenstein flour factory of architect J.J.M. Vegter on the Rijnhaven Zuidzijde / Silostraat by night. The Latenstein flower factory was built between 1948 and 1952 and now is the home of Codrico Rotterdam BV. The cube on the roof of the factory is the so-called Codrico Qube (Codrico Kubus), which has been transformed into a green ‘beacon’ in South Rotterdam by Primo Exposures and DSPS. The illumination of the Codrico Qube is part of DeLI-LIght, ‘a project by DSPS’, according to the then active website stDSPS.nl, ‘that focuses on light and art in the public space and more specific the area of Katendrecht’ and of which the ‘goals are to research the use of light and light-art in this area of urban development and to build an archive to use as a source of information’. The cube is in fact the glass engine room for the elevators beneath it. Visible in the front: the Rijnhaven harbour basin and a Christmas tree on the quay along the Rijnhaven.