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Subject: ICHC
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:10:28 +0200
From: Renate Franz <[log in to unmask]>
To: Fränzi <[log in to unmask]>
Dear friends of the ICHC,
this request was sent to Rob van der Plas. Can anybody give some answers?
Cordially, Renate
www.cycling-history.org
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> As an assistant at the Geneva University of Art and Design I'm doing a
>>> research about the history of urban furniture, including the bike rack.
>>> I've just read in a german book (Illustrierte Fahrrad- Geschichte by
>>> Jutta Frank) that the first bike parkings appeared in Copenhagen, prior
>>> to 1926. It doesn't specify if the parkings were manned or unmanned.
>>> Nevertheless, most of the books I've been consulting concerning bicycle
>>> history don't say anything about how the urban landscape changed under
>>> the massive use and presence of bicycles.
>>> As the bike rack facility is strongly linked to utility cycling, I
>>> thought that it might come from Holland or Denmark. Do you know
>>> anything about its origin and development? Or do you know where I could
>>> find further information?
>>>
>>> Yours sincerely,
>>>
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>>> Niklaus Strobel
>>> 3, avenue Ernest-Pictet
>>> 1203 Genève
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>>> 022 732 01 80
>>> 076 205 07 27
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>>> http://www.legoville.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
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