The Las Palmas building is identifiable by the smooth, elliptical penthouse that floats on slender steel columns above its industrial concrete frame. Originally constructed in nineteen fifty-three to serve as a workshop and storage facility for the Holland America Line, the structure occupies a central position on the Wilhelmina Pier. Its name derives from the company's biannual shipping service to the Canary Islands, which once utilized the building to store cargo.
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