Beautiful images, Kath! Thank you for sharing them! I have several friends architects working active against the city gentifrication, here is some interesting links:
http://www.zesterdaily.com/shopping/566-istanbul-market http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/22/roma.turkey And don't forget to read this wonderful postapocalyptic urban science-fiction novel written by Ian MacDonald, The Dervish House, http://dadecariaga.blogspot.com/2011_08_01_archive.html MacDonald writes dark and fun novels in a distant future where megacities rule the world :) Ana On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Kath O'Donnell <alia...@gmail.com> wrote: > I didn't make it to ISEA, but was in Istanbul a few years ago (few trips > back & forth). Ana, your post reminded me of this day. I met up with a > friend and his friends (locals) who showed us around an older part of > Istanbul - near (/in?) Balat I think. my friend's friend had grown up there > and her grandmother still lived there. it was fairly run-down, but very > close to the river. we could imagine developers salivating over the land. > there were posters with numbers on each building and I think they mentioned > it was some sort of census count. so I'd be interested to hear if this area > is still untouched or if it's becoming gentrified like other areas. it had > such a great vibe - so relaxed in the middle of the bustling craziness that > is other parts of Istanbul (well that I saw anyway). ladies knitting in the > street talking, people in the street stalls. crumbling buildings. people on > the roofs fixing holes. an old tower - it looked like the remains of a fort > or a wall of some sort. I think I recorded some audio of it on a sound walk, > and video too somewhere, plus a few photos. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/aliak_com/2429190328 > http://www.flickr.com/photos/aliak_com/2428374595 > http://www.flickr.com/photos/aliak_com/2428375105 > http://www.flickr.com/photos/aliak_com/tags/istanbuloldcity > > > > On 21 September 2011 06:36, Ana Valdés <agora...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am bit curious about how did the people who travelled to Istanbul for >> the first time experienced the city itself, Turkey and all the >> contradictions and the multiple layers of meaning residing in this old city >> where all the remnants of it's past are crumbling away. As you know many >> Turks want to be a part of Europe and join the EC, but many others want keep >> the country's isolation. >> > > _______________________________________________ > empyre forum > empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au > http://www.subtle.net/empyre > -- http://www.twitter.com/caravia15853 http://www.scoop.it/t/art-and-activism/ http://www.scoop.it/t/food-history-and-trivia http://www.scoop.it/t/gender-issues/ http://www.scoop.it/t/literary-exiles/ http://www.scoop.it/t/museums-and-ethics/ http://www.scoop.it/t/urbanism-3-0 http://www.scoop.it/t/postcolonial-mind/ mobil/cell +4670-3213370 "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you will always long to return. — Leonardo da Vinci
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