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The Playground in Brumleby

Brumleby (formerly Lægeforening's homes) is a residential building on Østerbro, Copenhagen in Denmark.

 

As a consequence of the cholera epidemic in Copenhagen in 1853, Brumleby was built on Østerfælled. The construction started in 1853 and the project was funded with that Lægeforeningen collected on a private basis. Lægeforeningen wanted to create healthy and cheap homes for the working class.

 

The construction phase stretched from 1853-1857 and in the first stage was built 240 very small one and two-bedroom apartments, where it at the beginning lived approx. 900 people. Due to the war in 1864, there was a number of years before the rest of the settlement was completed. This happened in 1866-1872.

 

When the construction was complete, it was approx. 550 apartments in Brumleby with approx. 2500 people living there.

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