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Paradiso
is
located
in
the
former
association
building
from
1879
of
the
denomination
"De
Vrije
Gemeente"
,
which
was
designed
by
the
architect
GB
Salm
.
The
building
was
squatted
by
a
group
of
hippies
in
October
1967
to
have
their
own
club.
About
fifty
people
continue
a
'love-in'
started
in
the
Vondelpark
in
the
newly
squatted
building.
However,
the
police
soon
raided
and
put
an
end
to
the
festivities.
The
municipality
was
looking
for
an
answer
to
the
need
for
housing
based
on
the
new
forms
of
youth
culture.
Under
the
leadership
of
HCJ
Struijk
van
Bergen
as
director,
the
Municipal
Youth
Care
Agency
focused
on
solving
the
problem
and
organizations
such
as
the
Amsterdam
Municipal
Leisure
Centers
Foundation
and
the
Lijn
3
Foundation
were
set
up.
These
are
committed
to
the
establishment
and
maintenance
of
youth
centers,
which
resulted
in
the
establishment
of
Paradiso
in
early
1968.
Already
in
the
first
months,
well-known
groups
such
as
Pink
Floyd
,
The
Pretty
Things
and
Captain
Beefheart
performed.
Paradiso,
for
example,
soon
received
the
stamp
'pop
temple'.
The
success
of
Paradiso
served
as
a
source
of
inspiration
for
municipal
youth
care
agencies
from
Rotterdam
and
Utrecht,
among
others,
who
wanted
to
set
up
similar
projects.
In
the
1970s,
the
original
stained
glass
windows
of
the
church
building
were
replaced
with
mirrors
on
the
inside
and
wooden
panels
on
the
outside.
During
the
renovation
in
1993,
it
was
decided
by
the
artists
Hans
van
Houwelingen
and
Berend
Strik
to
design
new
stained-glass
windows.
The
pop
temple
celebrated
its
50th
anniversary
on
the
weekend
of
March
31,
2018.
To
celebrate
this,
an
exhibition
about
the
history
of
Paradiso
opened
in
the
Amsterdam
Museum
on
Amsterdam's
Kalverstraat
at
the
end
of
March
2018
.
The
pop
stage
celebrated
its
50th
anniversary
with
a
special
program
and
various
performances.
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