Amaliegade 49

Amaliegade 49
General information
Architectural style Neoclassical
Location Copenhagen
Country Denmark
Coordinates 55°41′16.21″N 12°35′46.1″E / 55.6878361°N 12.596139°E / 55.6878361; 12.596139Coordinates: 55°41′16.21″N 12°35′46.1″E / 55.6878361°N 12.596139°E / 55.6878361; 12.596139
Completed 1788
Design and construction
Architect Andreas Hallander

Amaliegade 40, formerly known as Toldbodbørsen, is a Neoclassical property located at the corner of Amaliegade (No. 49) and Esplanaden (No. 48) in the Frederiksstaden district of Copenhagen, Denmark.

History

Advertisement card for Blankensteiners efterfølgers søkort og navigationshandel

The property was built in 1788 by Andreas Hallander. The writer and stage director H. P. Holst (1811-1893) lived in an apartment facing Esplanaden from 1838 to 1841.[1]

Blankensteiners efterfølgers søkort og navigationshandel, a store that specialized in nautical charts, books and equipment, was for many years based in the ground floor. It was founded by 1Johan Georg Blankensteiner (f. 1753, in 1797 and later taken over by C. A. Blankensteiner in 1844. He sold it to August Busck (born 1836) in 1858. Buck sold it tocaptain J. W. A. Jensen in 1903. It was acquired by Christian Bønnelycke (born 1891) in 1937 and existed at least until the 1950s.[2]

The shipping company D/S Norden was from 1782 headquartered in the building. The company expanded its premises several times over the years before relocating to TuborgHavn in Hellerup in 2006.[3]

Architecture

The facade on Esplanaden seen from Churchill Park
The building seen from the corner

The building consists of three floors over a high celler. The main facade on Amaliegade is seven bays long. It has rustication on the ground floor and Ionic order pilasters between the windows on the two upper floors. The three central bays are tipped by a triangular pediment with a relief of a seated woman holding a Monocular. The putto by her side was supposedly moulded by Bertel Thorvaldsen according to a drawing by Nicolaus Wolff (1762-1813). A gatein the left hand side of the building opens to a central courtyard. The facade on Esplanaden is also seven bays long but without decorative elements. The two facades are koined bay a canted corner bay.

Today

Axcel-founder Christian Frigast, Danske Bank-chairman Ole Andersen, former Nordea-CEO Christian Clausen and Mærsk-chairman Jim Hagemann Snabe created an office community in the building in 2006. [4]

Restaurant

Restaurant Grønbech og Churchill opened in the basement of the building with Rasmus Grønbech as head chef in March 2011 and received a star in the Michelin Guide in 2012. It kept its star until its closure in October 2016.[5] Restaurant Esplanaden 48, a lunch restaurant, is now based in the basement.

References

  1. ↑ "Amaliegade 49 / Esplanaden 48". indenforvoldene.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Blankensteinerøs Efterfølgers Søkort og Navigationshandel". coneliand.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Head office" (in Danish). D/S Norden. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Her er kontorfællesskabet med flest af landets mest magtfulde topbosser" (in Danish). Berlingske. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "FAKTA: Her er Danmarks michelinrestauranter 2012" (in Danish). Politiken. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
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