"Tandartspraktijk" (dentist practice) on Koninginneweg.
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Here is "TANDARTS" (dentist) closer up.
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And here is "PRAKTIJK" (practice) closer up.
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The letters look like the typeface Metropolitaines (1905) by Hector Guimard, who also designed the famous Parisian metro station entrances with similar lettering.
I suspect that this Art Nouveau typeface was chosen for the association of the letterforms with the shape of teeth, particularly the letter R that is somewhat resembling a molar with a crown and roots.

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18 Mar
LA monogram on a former building of Lettergieterij Amsterdam (Amsterdam Type Foundy) from 1912.
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More about this building on the website of @ronaldklip (in Dutch): 020apps.nl/kaart/1850-194…
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Steel bricks forming minimalist letters that spell "forever".
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The letters are part of the artwork Forever in Stone (2008) by Martijn Sandberg. You can find more of his work on msandberg.nl.
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