Editing Tilburg (section)

=== Modern history ===
In the 1980s, many locations, formerly occupied by wool factories had been filled with small-scale housing projects. This mostly happened when Henk Letschert was mayor of Tilburg.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.regionaalarchieftilburg.nl/wiki/Henk_Letschert |title=Henk Letschert - Tilburg Wiki |language=nl |publisher=Regionaalarchieftilburg.nl |date=16 April 1975 |access-date=24 June 2014}}</ref> The ''Heuvel'', one of the important squares, had its own [[Tilia|lime tree]] until 27 April 1994, being chopped down for a bicycle parking basement. The felling led to many protests, because the tree was still healthy. After the Pieter Vreedeplein reconstruction, plans were made to plant a descendant of the original lime tree. Three were placed, only one of them survived. The last living tree was moved to another location again,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=30 March 2011 |title=Linde 17 jaar na dato terug mét hek |url=http://bd.nl/nieuws/tilburg-stad/linde-17-jaar-na-dato-terug-met-hek-1.78709 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909061851/http://bd.nl/nieuws/tilburg-stad/linde-17-jaar-na-dato-terug-met-hek-1.78709 |archive-date=9 September 2011 |access-date= |website=[[Brabants Dagblad]]}}</ref> but died shortly after. As of 23 November 2011, no more descendants have been placed. The current one is just another lime tree.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=22 November 2011 |title=Laatste dag voor dode linde op Heuvel |url=https://www.bd.nl/tilburg/laatste-dag-voor-dode-linde-op-heuvel~a6824582/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=3 January 2021 |website=[[Brabants Dagblad]]}}</ref> In the 1990s Tilburg developed a modern skyline. Because of new policy three buildings were built, which are considered skyscrapers in the Netherlands. These are the [[Interpolis]] headquarters, the [[Westpoint Tower]] and [[StadsHeer]]. The Westpoint Tower has an altitude of {{convert|143.1|m|ft|1|abbr=off}} and was the tallest residential tower in The Netherlands until the [[Montevideo (Rotterdam)|Montevideo]] in Rotterdam surpassed it. The 'StadsHeer' is the third one and is part of the 'Haestrechtkwartier' (Haestrecht quarter). The residential tower is nicknamed ''De Vogelkooikes'' (The Bird Cages) for its cubic balconies taped{{clarify|reason=Translation problem. No kind of tape is strong enough to hold up a balcony.|date=May 2017}} onto the building.