Tracking Down the Antwerp Central Station in 2016

When the cab came, he didn't speak much English, but as long as I had got to a warm place where I could sit comfortably, I decided to see if I could get a photo of the Central RR station. I showed him the photos and he was entranced and asked if he could take a photo of them with his phone. He took very seriously getting to the place where the photos were taken and he also tried to show me some of Antwerp

Government building


Sint Joriskerk (St. George Church) a Roman Catholic church


National bank of belgium


Leopold I, who became the first king of Belgium in 1831


Leopold I, from the other side



Hoboken electric trolley/tram


tram schedule


signs


He took us to the side of the Central station next to the zoo

Side by the zoo


(There was a statue of a man riding a camel there) . The central station was built between 1895 and 1905 by King Leopold with the profits from ivory and rubber in the Congo.

Zoo entrance 2016



Zoo side of the Central Station


Central Station tram

and then he took us around to the side where Daddy had taken the photos and I took pictures there.


Central RR station

I was able to take a couple of the photos I took and pair them with my dad's photos from 1950


1950 on the left


Closer and this time 1950 on the right

When we got back to the boat, I gave him the prints so he didn't have to take a photo with his cell phone. I do have the originals after all