The Architect · Yusuf · Istanbul
İstiklal Avenue & Beyoğlu
Ignore the shopfronts and look up. The whole avenue is a 19th-century European city grafted onto Istanbul.
The long pedestrian spine of Beyoğlu — late-Ottoman and Belle Époque façades, arcaded passages, and a vintage red tram.
— Yusuf, The Architect
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