Erection date: 2/5/1975
These gardens were renamed Rembrandt Gardens on 2 May 1975 to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the founding of the city of Amsterdam and to mark the creation of a special relationship with the City of Westminster.
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The map gives a clue as to what that 'special relationship' is all about.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Amsterdam 700th Anniversary
The largest city in the Netherlands. It is officially the capital city, Den H...
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
The quotation is one of several variations on the same theme. Possible originators include Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Abraham Lincol...
The flower on the plaque looks to us like a chrysanthemum but we don't know if it has any special significance.
The plaque is on the north-west facade, just outside the entrance door.
This building has a claim to be London's oldest skyscraper.
The Lilian Baylis tree was replanted on the 4th March 1996 in the presence of Lord Jenkins of Putney, Sir Roger Falk, OBE and representat...
