Friday, May 23, 2014
American "Planners?" (sic) learning from Saudi Arabia's Jeddah Wooden Facades Area
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| In the US, too, the crumbling old is left next to the modern |
But still, I prefer the old Balad area of Jeddah, it's style of preservation bing more in line with the great French-influenced efforts of Max Herz in Cairo.
Sunday, January 08, 2006
I took THIS artistic picture of the inland lake through the bridge. The inland lake has water from the sea, and is right in front of Fishawi Coffee shop and Maidan Al-Bai'a. I double posted the picture below this one. 
I took the bus to Old Jeddah this morning to take pictures of some of the old houses in "Al-Balad," with their wooden facades, or "rawashiin"--singular, "roshan"--as they are called. I got off near Jeddah Cornish Commercial center and crossed the street on the wooden bridge. I took this artistic picture of the inland lake with water from the sea, which
One of the famous Jeddah wooden bridges over the roads, for pedestrians to cross from the Jeddah Islamic Port area to the "Balad," the old city of Jeddah, where there is also a great deal of modern commerce. One can see the lake in front of old Jeddah onto which some nice hotels open.
Steet sign for Souq Al-Badw, "the Bedouin Souk." on the corner facing Barhat Obayd and Shari'a Souk al-Jami'.
A four storey house with old wooden facades, called rawashiin, at the south-east end of Shari'a Suk Al-Jami', where it widens to become Barhat Obayd, Obayd Plaza.
Street sign marking Barhat 'Obayd, Obayd Plaza, at the south-east end of Suk al-Jami' street.
A house with blue rawashin behind the entrance to the beautiful, tiny mosque, Zawayat Al-Birkhali.
Zawiat Al-Birkhali, a beautiful, tiny mosque on a narrow street in the between Dhahab Street and Suq al-Jami'
Historical marker on a little mosque called the Zawiyat al-Birkhali. A Zawiya was sometimes the meeting place of sufis, but not now.
Carved lintel of a house on, or near, Besbasah Lane, Hot Pepper Lane.
Door to a house with carved lintel on, I think, Besbasah Lane.
another roshan, or "musharabiyya," as they are called in Egypt, and another pigeon.
Another roshan, or "masharabiyya," as they are called in Egypt, and another pigeon
Another roshan, "Maltese balcony" of the facade below this one. These pictures were taken January 8, 2006.
Facade of house on the right hand of the previous picture. Note the pigeon perched on the lower left.
