[ Paris of the Nile ]

Posted by Amr Tahtawi (Cairo, Egypt) on 22 April 2008 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

The 'Tiring building' was built in 1912-13 making it the first large selling-floor shop of its kind in Cairo [ ATABA SQUARE ]. Tiring's luxurious four floors offered everything in terms of Parisian haute couture and perfumes, English cloth, Austrian textiles and German housewares.

The architect of the Cairo Tiring - Oscar Horowitz

In January 2005 Tiring's glass globe was painted over in opaque gold and the four Herculean statues carrying it were painted over in charcoal black.
This Precious historical monument stands alone in the confused skyline waiting for a stare.
some people miss it, and the rest don't seem to care.

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