Grand Hotel, downtown Cairo. - Far Distant Shores - Travel and Art Photography by George Cruickshank

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georgivs > Detail of a relief on the exterior of the National Insurance of Egypt Building, An-Nabi Danial Street, Alexandria. Just what a bare-breasted 1930s-style Cleopatra has to do with the staid business of insurance is anyone's guess.

georgivs > As far as I could determine this is the only Art Deco building in central Aswan. And yes, I did go looking.

georgivs > Ades Building, downtown Cairo. There are numerous Art Deco-era buildings of this scale and type throughout the downtown areas of both Cairo and Alexandria. They may be run-down, but at least they haven't fallen victim to the wrecker's ball.

georgivs > Grand Hotel, downtown Cairo.

georgivs > The faded elegance of an Art Deco-era apartment block in central Heliopolis, on the outskirts of Cairo.

georgivs > A little bit of Florida in downtown Cairo; the Cinema Miami, like most of Egypt's movie houses, is a functioning relic of the Art Deco period. It's nice to know that soulless multiplexes haven't yet taken over the entire world.

georgivs > The faded neon glory of the Metro (phonetically approximated in Arabic on the sign as "m-t-r-oo") Cinema, downtown Cairo.

Grand Hotel, downtown Cairo.

> Grand Hotel, downtown Cairo.

Grand Hotel, downtown Cairo.

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