http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2009/04/19/a-perch-on-the-edge-of-the-world/ Exploring urban life through word and photography Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2009/04/19/a-perch-on-the-edge-of-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-281533 Christopher Szabla Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:00:34 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/?p=4309#comment-281533 The enclosed balconies remind me of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashrabiya" rel="nofollow">mashrabiyas</a> in medieval Cairo. Because they were so tightly-latticed (to allow for privacy) they were also more or less extensions of apartments, although they did also still ventilate. They were anything but mediated spaces between the public and private, though - unless you count the fact that they were great places to spy on the street from without being seen. The enclosed balconies remind me of the mashrabiyas in medieval Cairo. Because they were so tightly-latticed (to allow for privacy) they were also more or less extensions of apartments, although they did also still ventilate. They were anything but mediated spaces between the public and private, though – unless you count the fact that they were great places to spy on the street from without being seen.

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