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THE CASE OF

AL-FINA'

IN CAIRO

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The elevations of the buildings along the streets of the

traditional area were also affected by these changes. For

example, the awnings which were used to shade the shops were

ordered to be removed and replaced by wooden planks. The

traditional

mashrabiyyah

(wooden screended windows) were

abandoned from all new buildings and replaced by European window

patterns covered with glass, while the elevations of buildings

along the main streets were whitewashed.

Up until this time there was not a simple system to name the

streets• 1 • Therefore in 1847 AD, the authorities introduced a

new and modern system to name the streets and number the

buildings•

•

� 1

See the chapter The order of the streets and the open spaces, in part

232

See introduction of Sayyid, Fua'd Aiman in Jomard, E. F.,

Description

of Cairo.

pp. 49-60.