Egypt
- A Revolutionary Duck
CairObserver When walking along the waterfront in Garden City Cairenes and visitors wonder about one particular building across the Nile on the southern tip of Gezira (Zamalek) Island. If you take a falucca ride around here the boatman might tell you...
- From City Of The (not So) Dead To Green Lung
CairObserver The necropolis east of historic Cairo and under Muqattam hills is about ten times bigger than Al Azhar Park just across Salah Salem highway. It has received some attention from architectural historians due to the exquisite funerary architecture....
- Heritage Of Modern Egypt
The Cairo Landmarks Preservation Commission Cairo Observer Imagine if there was such a thing! and there should be, after all Cairo has some of the world’s most important, beautiful and significant historic monuments. Many of Cairo’s historic buildings...
- Threats To Luxor Corniche?
This message was sent to me today. It has come to our attention that a new development program is about to be launched in Luxor by the Government of Egypt that focuses on the east bank Corniche Boulevard. The goal is to double the width of the Corniche...
- Completion Of Establishing Rosetta Museum At A Cost Of L.e. 4 Million
Egypt State Information Service The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has finalized setting up the first national museum for the antiquities of Rosetta city in Beheira Governorate, as well as the completion of renovation of the antiquities of the historical...
Egypt
Preserving history - Garden City
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/794/sc142.htm
An article that looks at the risks to historic buildings in Egypt, using Garden City as a case study: "To date, laws and regulations defining a historic building or landmark remain equivocal, which makes it all the easier for developers to pursue their mission to fill up the city with concrete structures. Moreover, the absence of a Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP) is translated into the accelerated disappearance of historic neighborhoods and sites across the nation. Which is why many are demanding that our government-appointed city mayors actively intervene to preserve our historic neighborhoods. Take the neighborhood of Garden City, for example, or what's left of it."
See the above page for the full story.
- A Revolutionary Duck
CairObserver When walking along the waterfront in Garden City Cairenes and visitors wonder about one particular building across the Nile on the southern tip of Gezira (Zamalek) Island. If you take a falucca ride around here the boatman might tell you...
- From City Of The (not So) Dead To Green Lung
CairObserver The necropolis east of historic Cairo and under Muqattam hills is about ten times bigger than Al Azhar Park just across Salah Salem highway. It has received some attention from architectural historians due to the exquisite funerary architecture....
- Heritage Of Modern Egypt
The Cairo Landmarks Preservation Commission Cairo Observer Imagine if there was such a thing! and there should be, after all Cairo has some of the world’s most important, beautiful and significant historic monuments. Many of Cairo’s historic buildings...
- Threats To Luxor Corniche?
This message was sent to me today. It has come to our attention that a new development program is about to be launched in Luxor by the Government of Egypt that focuses on the east bank Corniche Boulevard. The goal is to double the width of the Corniche...
- Completion Of Establishing Rosetta Museum At A Cost Of L.e. 4 Million
Egypt State Information Service The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has finalized setting up the first national museum for the antiquities of Rosetta city in Beheira Governorate, as well as the completion of renovation of the antiquities of the historical...