In the treatise on beauty commissions, Merkelbach is quoted about the Cineac cinema and the plans to build on the Damterrein. Later in the book, Merkelbach revisits the plans for the Damterrein and cinemas in Amsterdam. | The Modern Historic City deals with renewal and preservation in the period 1883-1940. A. van der Steur is mentioned in connection with Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. When the museum moved into the new building (1935), there were plans to demolish the building in which the museum had previously been housed, the Schielandhuis. Those plans did not materialize. The author further notes that Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen was one of the first museums to be built outside the inner cities.Other relatives of Van der Steur are also mentioned, their initials are correct. Amsterdamse Poort (Haarlem)