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...Finchatton, which has overseen the project, wants The Whiteley to be the linchpin of a new urban village; I’m intrigued to see whether this long-neglected corner of the capital can become a centre of gravity...
...On the contrary, it’s morphing and evolving, both on the urban and cultural fronts....
.... +022-2392 0397 Laila Gohar Ideal Caffe Stagnitta, PalermoThere’s a great deal beyond the actual coffee to recommend this historic roastery....
...Its robust cultural network stems, she says, from the “urban fabric of postwar Beirut during the 1990s — fractured and frail but full of possibilities....
...“So far the process has been amazing, though I still keep on expecting a stab in the back,” says Ahmed Zaazaa, the urban planner who heads Madd. “I think the support of Laila Iskandar has been key....
...Instead she has been appointed to the newly created Ministry of Urban Development, which is charged with upgrading the vast informal settlements that encircle Cairo and other urban areas and which are home...
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