Growing Bolder Community

It was almost summer in Amsterdam, and, as usual during that sunny spring of 1976, after work from my job at the Gemeentelijk Energie Bedrijf nextdoor to the Vondelpark, I took streetcar Line 1 or 2 from the Leidseplein, that went through the Leidsestraat to go more into the centre of the town. As the tram was crowded though, I got out just 1 or 2 halts after getting in, at the Prinsengracht. It...