istanbul: beygolu, etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyo%C4%9Flu
* this is where you go to eat, drink, shop, hang out & have fun in istanbul -- enjoy the long thread/finale!
sundowner rooftop views from the buyuk londra oteli aka grande hotel de londres (1892)
it still retains that ‘belle vue de constantinople’ and so was easily my fav hangout in istanbul!
http://www.londrahotel.net/
londra interiors
pera palas otel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pera_Palace_Hotel
istiklal caddesi -- fka cadde-i kebir in ottoman times & more famously as grande rue de pera
istanbul’s grand promenade street -- really had its ups and downs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0stiklal_Avenue
galatasary square -- is the mid-point of the istiklal cd.
iskiklal arcades
misir apartimani bldg (1910) -- the style is art nouveau
http://www.digitalbridges.eu/?p=4461
st. anthony church on istiklal cd. (1725, 1912)
pope john xxiii aka ‘the turkish pope’ served here for 10yrs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._Anto...dova,_Istanbul
a tasty tour of koska lokum shop
http://translate.google.com/translat...w.koska.com%2F
flower passage arcade (1876) or cicek pasaji in Turkish -- fka cite de pera
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87i...ek_Pasaj%C4%B1
the fish market or balik pazari area off istiklal cd.
http://www.mymerhaba.com/Fish-Bazaar...urkey-134.html
asma alti fish market bar
http://istanbuleats.com/2010/02/ista...alti-cafe-bar/
kelle paca --lol!
nevizade sokagi street - probably still great seafood next to the fish market, but tilts more as a bar street
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/nev...&NewsCatID=377
a few hipster neighborhoods below istiklal caddesi & galatasary square
the scenic pub lined french street or franciz sokagi fka cezayir (algeria) street-- on rt
http://www.mymerhaba.com/Frans%C4%B1...rkey-1854.html
sure i went to a hamam -- galatasaray haman (1481) -- a peek inside
http://www.galatasarayhamami.com/en/hamam/
turkish hipsters
what do you mean what are they doing?
that’s nobody’s business but the turks!!!
otantic bar
sooo good -- mohti laz meyhane
http://istanbuleats.com/2011/02/mohti-all-that-laz/
sheesh lookitalldat shish!
turk humor
istanbul public service vehicles
istiklal nostalgic tram
http://www.digitalbridges.eu/?p=4090
cute turkcell ad
the tram at taksim square
taksim square at the top of istiklal cadessi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksim_Square
tunel subway building on lower istiklal (1875)
more on this funicular/two-stop early subway:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BCnel
heading down from tunel to galata
zombie walk istanbul 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vgj8M9KtAE
galata tower (1348) built by the genoese, mostly used as an observation tower for spotting fires, but also:
According to the Seyahatname of Ottoman historian and traveller Evliya Çelebi, in circa 1630-1632, Hezarfen Ahmet Çelebi flew as an early intercontinental aviator using artificial wings for gliding from this tower over the Bosphorus to the slopes of Üsküdar on the Anatolian side, nearly six kilometres away. Evliyâ Çelebi also tells of Hezarfen's brother, Lagari Hasan Çelebi, performing the first flight with a rocket in a conical cage filled with gunpowder in 1633!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galata_Tower
mesrudiyet caddesi
the new & incredibly practically unused sishane metro station (2009)
historic bldg renovation in progress
pera museum on rt
http://en.peramuzesi.org.tr/
often open to the street -- this is what i particularly liked about istanbul
karakoy neighborhood waterfront sights -- galata bridge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galata_Bridge
simit cart -- simits soon to bust out of the middle east?
http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/finance/11568972.asp
osmanbey station & a bit of the sisli/nisanstasi neighborhood
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Ei%C5%9Fli
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni%C5%9Fanta%C5%9F%C4%B1
cumhuriyet caddesi -- the main drag in this area
the neo-baroque tesvikiye camii or mosque (1794, 1854) --the rich peoples nisanstasi mosque?
airport train views of the outer metro area & ataturk airport
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