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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Excellent photography and some pro-presentation here. I know what your narrative means about folks missing stuff or just not appreciating the quality of what they see. Neat posting.
22 Apr 2008 4:50am
Thank you my friend... for your truely kind words.
22 Apr 2008 7:05am
Interesting presentation and story to go with it ... You have some brilliant work here on your site ... my compliments!
22 Apr 2008 7:56am
wau.great perspective here.... where is it this place actually??? hope can be here soon.... maybe in the middle of june
22 Apr 2008 8:15am
ic.attaba...i've been at attaba in 2005,but i didn't see this fantastic architecture
22 Apr 2008 8:16am
It's rendered high in the sky and hard to miss, but the crowd in attaba square is so confusing that you actualy missed the view.
22 Apr 2008 8:42am
I have visited your blog and it is fantastic!!! I congratulate you!!
22 Apr 2008 9:24am
Thank you apl, you have a very interesting blog as well. keep it up.
22 Apr 2008 10:52am
omg where is that beautiful palce...well is Egypt and Egypt is magic... and u caputere the magic and esence of Egypt ya habibi...teslam habibi
22 Apr 2008 4:46pm
Thank you my sweeet sweeet lojy :)
22 Apr 2008 4:49pm
Beautiful!
24 Apr 2008 1:37am
this is the first time i see the beauty of this building through your eyes, thank u
10 May 2008 5:44am
Thank you enaam, really appreciating your kind words.
16 May 2008 8:18am
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