The Architect · Yusuf · Istanbul
Balat & Fener
This is the domestic Istanbul — the ordinary streets, not the monuments. Read the leaning bay windows and the tile stoops.
The old Jewish and Greek quarters on the Golden Horn — steep lanes of leaning timber houses, coloured façades, and grand relics.
— Yusuf, The Architect
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