A hundred years ago a city was built in the desert outside Cairo. Enormous, luxurious buildings of whimsical architectural style were erected in the middle of uninhabited sands. A tram line was extended out to this middle of nowhere to connect the utopian settlement with its “flawed” urban mother, and Heliopolis was born. The dream of Baron Empain. The centenary is a way to discuss rehabilitation of Egypt's 20th-century architectural patrimony. Read + Celebration of a suburb | Through the looking glass | Oral History
Egypt celebrates 100 years of Heliopolis: Egyptian leader’s wife launches festivities centenary of founding of Belgian baron's Heliopolis.
Lessons in urban planning and precautions against the ravages of time: Gihan Shahine strolls through Heliopolis
The Heliopolis Palace Hotel in its heyday.
Ibrahim Al Likkany Street.
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Interestingly enough, Las Vegas turns 100 next week
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exactly my first reaction to the first pic (thru barb-wire).
you may have seen this bit of free PR.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/05/11/DDGUGCME151.DTL
It was not until his last year at Austin that Rogers decided to become an architect. He later got his master's at MIT and taught there for a while. He then came to California and worked for other companies for a few years before deciding to build for himself.
a better pic would be better
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/chronicle/archive/2005/05/11/DDGUGCME151.DTL&o=0
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