12/02/2021 (1)
There is one garden on the German side of the street that looks like a backyard rather than a front yard. There is a little vegetable patch, and a little glasshouse. It made us think of the time this street was split in two by a fence and the orientation of the houses was probably…
10/02/2021 (2)
The people who live in and around the Nieuwstraat/Neustraße experience this street differently than I do as a visitor. I am here to see the street – they simply pass through it on their way to the supermarket or a family member. They know where to go, but I am reading the signs, making sure…
09/02/2021 (4)
The first person we spoke with during our fieldwork was the 84 year old Frau Meyer. She lives on the German side of the Nieuwstraat/Neustraße and was trying to defrost the front window of her car by pouring lukewarm water over it when we walked past her. She said hello and we decided to try…