As
you can see, this building on Amsterdam's Damrak
is now an amusement arcade and casino.
However, on this site in 1911 the Witte Bioscope
opened in one room of a house. It proved
so popular that a new purpose-built cinema was
built that accommodated 600 people. Over
the next few years it closed, reopened, changed
its name and then on November 9, 1937 it closed
for good and was demolished. This made way
for the building we see today that was designed
to accommodate 750 customers with 500 seats in
the stalls and a further 250 in a balcony.
The Cineac Damrak was
converted into a twin cinema in 1975 but
closed forever as a cinema in 1983.
The image below shows the building when it
was still a cinema. It is shown here
under a Creative Commons (Attribution)
License, the details of which can be found
by clicking on the image.
