Who is abe?

Abraham Carel Wertheim (1832 – 1897), director of Wertheim & Gompertz bank, was besides a banker, a spirited philanthropist focusing mainly on cultural contributions, and central figure in the local politics in Amsterdam. 

Under Wertheim’s leadership followed a booming period for the bank resulting expansion. In 1872, Wertheim gave architect Cornelis Outshoorn (1812-1875) the assignment to remodel the existing bank building at the Amstelstraat 30-32. Outshoorn combined different neostyles where he reverts to the old architecture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque, also called eclecticism. 

Where the name ABE club & lounge is homage to Abraham Carel Wertheim, the interior design of ABE reverts back to the booming bank period by giving the former eclecticism style a 2013 twist. 

ABE club & lounge a free-spirited, metropolitan place that does not hold to a single set of assumptions, but instead draws upon multiple styles and ideas catering to modern desires whilst offering ‘old-fashioned’ service. 

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