Lucy Steen van der Schuit

This afternoon I visited the Fluor Nederland (Fluor Schuytvlot) building to see the Kunstlijn Haarlem 2024. In 1966 (58 years ago) I first crossed the threshold of the then striking building next to the Spaarne canal.

In the basement, where once mister Kroes, the former Dutch Army employee used to run the printroom, there are now studios. Did I smell the ink and hear the huge machines rattle?

​​​​​​A part of the elevators going into the tower were still there. Standing there I thought: how would it be to go to the 9th floor again where once our sympathetic American director Mister Crawford had his own luxury floor with big cigars on the table?

A girl took a picture of me while I pointed to the word 'Fluor' which is still written at the entrance door.