Monday, December 12, 2005

Bagdad Station

Bagdad Station (old Aleppo):
A famous area in old Aleppo which contains many shopping districts and is surrounded by a more modern part of Aleppo. Being part of the main central city the Aleppo Citadel is easily seen from balconies as it is built on the highest point in Aleppo.

Bagdad Station housing:
Making up part of the stations (main ar
eas) consisting of the highest multi-flat buildings in Aleppo due to the highest population densities in the city. These seven storey buildings have seen gentrification by nearly all new residents who have moved to the area and some buildings that have fewer storeys have had additional storeys added on top of the original buildings to increase housing to support the population which had currently boomed. In fact the population density is so high (the highest in the world) that some buildings have flats built underground beneath the main buildings for more housing.










Here is one building that has had additional storeys built on top of the original building and also has housing underground:









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