At Utrecht train station

Wheelchair couple pass the commercial postwar concrete horror that is the area around Utrecht railway station. Hundreds of metres away, the city becomes a pleasant old pedestrianised delight, but this area of brutalist architecture is just grim, and is on the cusp of redevelopment.

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Copyright: 2011 Dave Walsh
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Wheelchair couple pass the commercial postwar concrete horror that is the area around Utrecht railway station. Hundreds of metres away, the city becomes a pleasant old pedestrianised delight, but this area of brutalist architecture is just grim, and is on the cusp of redevelopment.