 Clockwise from left: Can buildings like this one in downtown Cairo be saved? (photo: Yves Paris); the facade of the oldest fire station in Africa in Ataba Square is obscured by a fly-over (photo: Sherif Sonbol) ; Al-Manfalouti's house is left to crumble; a sample of what the project aims to do (photo: courtesy NOUH) parent page (19 - 25 August 2004, issue #704) |