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Monument to fancy - MONUMENT TO FANCY - 2004-11-11

Posted July 9th, 2009 by heritage
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Al Azhar Park, Cairo, Egypt Gary Otte, Akdn.org
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weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/716/feature.htm AL-AHRAM Issue No. 716

In the heart of Old Cairo, on the edge of a slum, a park is born. Yasmine El-Rashidi watches a phoenix emerge from the ashesphotos: Mohamed Wassim - The 74-acre park with its undulating landscape of lawns, streams and lush vegetation, was a garbage dump

Cairo is a city of streets, pavements and apartment blocks. A city committed to tarmac and concrete, with a very low tolerance for nature and open space. Not only does it have no equivalent of London's Hyde Park or New York's Central Park, but even a truncated version of those urban gardens has always seemed an unlikely eventuality.

ARCHITECTURE REVIEW | AZHAR PARK In a Decaying Cairo Quarter, a Vision of Green and Renewal - IN A DECAYING CAIRO QUARTER, A VISION OF GREEN AND RENEWAL - 2004-10-19

Posted July 9th, 2009 by heritage
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/www.nytimes.com/2004/10/19/arts/design/19azha.html?adxnnl=1&oref=regi &adxnnlx=1098155060-Wm9HWrGBV6/043cklut8Aw

Can thoughtful urban planning heal deep cultural wounds?


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